June 2017

Lockheed Martin said the company’s second GPS III satellite, and the third satellite is close behind, having just received its navigation payload. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017062603

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/06/26/america-needs-diverse-spectrum-options-2/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/newspace/2017/06/26/fcc-grants-approval-oneweb-megaconstellation/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2017/06/26/second-launch-doubles-size-iridium-next-fleet/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/newspace/2017/06/26/satellogic-closes-27-million-series-b-funding-round/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/newspace/2017/06/26/nanoavionics-launches-cubesat-new-propulsion-system/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/06/26/reederei-hamburger-lloyd-connects-vessel-fleet-sealink-plus-vsat/

Rocket: PSLV C38 ‘XL’; Payload: Cartosat-2E, 30 other satellites; Date: 23 June 2017, 0359 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. The rocket launched the 712 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for Earth observation and 30 co-passenger satellites (total mass: about 243 kg) into a 505 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017062300

Rocket: Soyuz 2-1v/Volga; Payload: classified; Date: 23 June 2017, 1804 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the launch went as scheduled. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017062301

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: BulgariaSat 1; Date: 23 June 2017, 1910 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017062302