Tag: AsiaSat
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Photos: Proton booster lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome
Rising atop a column of rocket exhaust lighting up the Kazakh steppe, a Russian Proton booster took off Thursday with a commercial communications satellite for AsiaSat. The 191-foot-tall (58-meter) Proton rocket took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1852:16 GMT (2:52:16 p.m. EDT) Thursday, soaring into an overcast sky at the historic Central…
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ILS declares mission success after Proton launch of AsiaSat 9
Credit: Roscosmos AsiaSat’s most powerful communications satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral in California to reach developing markets in Myanmar, Indonesia and other parts of the Asia-Pacific, rode a Proton rocket and Breeze M upper stage Thursday into orbit ranging more than 22,000 miles above Earth. The 191-foot-tall (58-meter) Proton rocket took off from the Baikonur…
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Live coverage: Proton lifts off with U.S.-built satellite for Asian company
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the AsiaSat 9 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Live video from ILS begins at approximately 1830 GMT (2:30 p.m. EDT).
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AsiaSat communications payload ready for Proton launch
A Russian Proton rocket rolled out to its launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the AsiaSat 9 satellite on-board. Video credit: Roscosmos A Russian Proton rocket topped with a commercial U.S.-built communications satellite for AsiaSat is standing on a launch pad in Kazakhstan for liftoff Thursday. The three-stage Proton launcher and…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 launches ASIASAT-6 mission
SpaceX has conducted its second mission for China’s Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Sunday, with a Falcon 9 launching the AsiaSat-6 satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Liftoff occurred at 01:00 local time (05:00 UTC) from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ten minutes into a 104 minute window. SpaceX Launch: Sunday’s launch came a month…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 realigns for weekend launch of ASIASAT-6
SpaceX appears to have completed an evaluation into potential commonality between a failure on a test vehicle and its Falcon 9 fleet, following its now-approved request to the Eastern Range for Sunday morning launch of the ASIASAT-6 mission. The launch, to be conducted by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket, was delayed just ahead of fueling…
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SpaceX makes late call to delay ASIASAT-6 launch
SpaceX has delayed the launch of its latest Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket – tasked with lofting the ASIASAT-6 satellite into orbit – for one to two weeks. The call was made by CEO Elon Musk shortly after the rocket had been erected at her Space Launch Complex -40 (SLC-40) pad, with the rationale based on…
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CRS-4: SpaceX Dragon set for another ISS spacewalk save
SpaceX’s next Dragon spacecraft has been recruited to deliver a replacement set of batteries to the International Space Station (ISS), after an issue during ground testing caused NASA to postpone a set of upcoming EVAs. The utilization of September’s CRS-4/SpX-4 mission is not the first time a Dragon has come to the aid of the…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 launches ASIASAT-8 satellite
Making their fourth orbital launch of the year, the SpaceX team have conducted another Falcon 9 mission on Tuesday, deploying China’s AsiaSat-8 satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The launch took place from Cape Canaveral, with a T-0 of 08:00 UTC – following a hold during the initial attempt at the opening of the window. Falcon…
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Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of ASIASAT-8 mission
SpaceX conducted a Static Fire test on its Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket late on Thursday. The test – once reviewed – will pave the way for what is now an August 5 NET (No Earlier Than) launch of the ASIASAT-8 satellite, the first of two missions for the same customer. The next satellite, ASIASAT-6, arrived…