August 2017

The launch of India’s latest navigation satellite onboard its polar rocket failed following a technical glitch. The rocket’s payload fairing failed to separate, meaning the satellite was trapped inside it and could not be deployed. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017083100

China’s Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, according to the rocket’s developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017083101

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2017/08/31/disaster-recovery-satellite-prominent-ever-archive/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2017/08/31/isro-launch-fails-heat-shield-malfunction/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/08/31/universal-switching-general-dynamics-canada-support-mercury-global-project/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/08/31/ntt-data-digitalglobe-extend-gbdx-agreement-3d-models/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/08/31/vitti-logistics-selects-fourkites-real-time-freight-tracking/

The AsiaSat 9 satellite for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) of Hong Kong, arrived at the Baikonur Cosmdrome in Kazakhstan aboard an Antonov cargo jet on 27 August in preparation for mission integration and launch aboard an ILS Proton Briz M launch vehicle in September. AsiaSat 9 will be the third ILS Proton launch…

ESA’s Sentinel-5p satellite, part of the European Commission’s Copernicus programme and manufactured by prime contractor Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, is currently awaiting transportation to its launch site, Plesetsk Cosmdrome in Northern Russia. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017083001

The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s ninth mission of 2017 is now fully assembled following integration of its two satellite passengers at the Spaceport in French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017083002