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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3BGZ/YZ-1; Payload: Beidou-3M21 (Beidou-50), Beidou-3M22 (Beidou-51); Date: 23 November 2019, 0055 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The two navigation satellite were placed into approx. 21,535 km x 22,190 km x 54.99° orbits after a four-hour mission. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112400
Owing to a power supply anomaly in the ground segment of the Ariane 5 launch complex, the final chronology for Flight VA250 was stopped at 20 minutes prior to lift-off on 22 November, leading to an indefinite launch postponement. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112401
Arianespace and Malaysian satellite operator Measat Global Berhad (Measat) has announced the signature of a launch services contract for Measat-3d. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112402
The construction of the second stage of Vostochny spaceport goes ahead according to the schedule, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, said at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112403
Airbus said it is celebrating 50 years of providing global secure military satellite communications to the UK Ministry of Defence with the 50th anniversary of the first Skynet satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112404
The next Arianespace Ariane 5 flight has been authorised for lift-off on 22 November following a launch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112100
ISRO said the launch of its Earth-imaging and mapping satellite Cartosat-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the US, has been rescheduled to 27 November (UTC). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112101
ESA, Arianespace, and respective industrial prime contractors ArianeGroup and Avio signed protocols on the Launchers Exploitation Phase for Ariane 6 and Vega-C. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112102
Airbus, ESA and Eutelsat presented the new ground breaking multibeam active antenna payload at Airbus in Madrid. Airbus’ ELSA+ (ELectronically Steerable Antenna+) is a first for commercial satellite communications in Europe. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112103
Delegates representing International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Member States have agreed at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to adopt a new milestone-based approach for the deployment of non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) systems in specific radio-frequency bands and services. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112104