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Summary: 13 Sep 2018 - 19 Sep 2018
 China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
19 Sep 2018 - Rocket: Chang Zheng 3b/ZY-1; Payload: Beidou-3M13, Beidou-3M14 [Beidou-37, Beidou-38]; Date: 19 September 2018, 1407 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellites were successfully deployed approx. four hours after lift-off. >>>
New launch date set for KOUNOTORI7
19 Sep 2018 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have updated launch schedule of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 7 (H-IIB F7) which carries aboard the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7), the cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS). >>>
Chang Zheng-9 to fly in 2028
19 Sep 2018 - China plans to launch the heavy-lift carrier rocket Chang Zheng-9 in 2028, an official of China National Space Administration (CNSA) was quoted as saying. >>>
India launches two British satellites
16 Sep 2018 - Rocket: PSLV-C42 (core-alone version); Payload: NovaSAR, S1-4; Date: 16 September 2018, 16347 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. Both satellites were injected into 583 km Sun Synchronous Orbit. >>>
Final Delta II rocket launches NASA's ICESat-2
16 Sep 2018 - Rocket: Delta II; Payload: Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2); Date: 15 September 2018, 1302 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. This marks the final mission of the Delta II rocket, which first launched on 14 February 1989, and launched 155 times including ICESat-2. >>>
Launch of Japanese cargo vessel to the ISS postponed indefinitely
16 Sep 2018 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have cancelled launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 7 (H-IIB F7) with the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7) aboard. >>>
RemoveDEBRIS space junk net capture success
19 Sep 2018 - RemoveDEBRIS began its experimental phase of its mission on 16 September with the deployment of the net to capture a deployed target cubesat. >>>
Horizons 3e and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 pre-launch details
18 Sep 2018 - For its sixth launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center (CSG): Horizons 3e, installed as the upper passenger, for Intelsat and its partner Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation; along with Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38, as the lower passenger, for Azercosmos and Intelsat. >>>
ISRO to launch three more satellites
18 Sep 2018 - ISRO will launch three more satellites to provide high-speed bandwidth connectivity to rural areas as part of the government's Digital India programme, an official was quoted as saying. >>>
ESA chooses TAS to support Sentinel 2A and 2B data processing
18 Sep 2018 - Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide operations, maintenance and upgrade services for the Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS) supporting the Sentinel 2A and 2B Earth observation satellites. >>>
SSTL confirms successful launch of NovaSAR-1 and SSTL S1-4
17 Sep 2018 - Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has confirmed the successful launch of two satellites, NovaSAR-1, a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, and SSTL S1-4, a high resolution optical Earth Observation satellite. >>>
Solar Orbiter to leave factory for testing
17 Sep 2018 - The UK-built Solar Orbiter is preparing to leave the Airbus factory in Stevenage to travel to Germany for testing, ahead of its launch in 2020 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. >>>
Undergo overhaul before OneWeb satellites launch
17 Sep 2018 - The assembly and testing facility of the Baikonur cosmodrome which will be used for the launch of OneWeb satellites atop Russian rockets will go through a reconstruction ahead of the beginning of the launches, a source at the cosmodrome was quoted as saying. >>>
U.S. Air Force announces selection of GPS III follow-on contract
16 Sep 2018 - The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to US$7.2 billion. >>>
GRACE-FO satellite switching to backup instrument processing unit
16 Sep 2018 - The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission team plans to switch to a backup system in the Microwave Instrument (MWI) on one of the twin spacecraft this month. Following the switch-over, GRACE-FO is expected to quickly resume science data collection. >>>
NovaSAR-1 and SSTL S1-4 countdown to launch
13 Sep 2018 - Two SSTL satellites are currently undergoing final launch preparations at the Satash Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India ready for lift-off on Sunday 16 September at 1637 UTC. >>>
SBIRS GEO-3 successfully achieves operational acceptance
13 Sep 2018 - The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved U.S. Air Force Space Command operational acceptance. >>>
RSC Energia: New General Director elected
17 Sep 2018 - On 12 September, in an extraordinary general meeting held in the form of voting by correspondence, shareholders of RSC Energia elected Sergey Yurievich Romanov as the General Director of the Corporation. >>>
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