Tag: Inmarsat
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Inmarsat 5 F4
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:21 p.m. EDT…
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After static fire, Falcon 9 prepares to meet Inmarsat payload
Ten days after the last liftoff from historic launch pad 39A in Florida, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its Merlin main engines for several seconds in a hold-down firing Thursday ahead of a planned expendable flight next week with an Inmarsat communications satellite. The two-stage rocket was filled with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and…
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After static fire, Falcon 9 prepares to meet Inmarsat payload
Ten days after the last liftoff from historic launch pad 39A in Florida, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its Merlin main engines for several seconds in a hold-down firing Thursday ahead of a planned expendable flight next week with an Inmarsat communications satellite. The two-stage rocket was filled with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Monday
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite for mobile broadband connectivity. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Monday
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite for mobile broadband connectivity. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Citing SpaceX delays, Inmarsat moves satellite launch from Falcon Heavy to Ariane 5
File photo of an Ariane 5 launch in August 2015. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron The launch next year of a commercial communications craft jointly managed by London-based Inmarsat and the Greek satellite operator Hellas-Sat has been switched from SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket, officials said…
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Photos: Proton rocket soars from Baikonur
Russia’s Proton rocket returned to flight Friday, blasting off for the first time since a May launch mishap. Relive Friday’s launch with a video replay and photos of the daytime liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Proton rocket launched at 1144 GMT (7:44 a.m. EDT) from the Kazakh space base and released the third communications…
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Proton back in action with successful launch for Inmarsat
The Proton rocket with Inmarsat 5 F3 launched at 1144 GMT (7:44 a.m. EDT) Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: ILS Russia’s Proton rocket returned to flight Friday with the successful deployment of a powerful new communications satellite for Inmarsat of London in the workhorse rocket’s first flight since a launch failure in May. The…
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Live coverage: Proton blasts off on return-to-flight mission
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket and the Inmarsat 5 F3 mobile communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Space-based airplane tracking demonstrated by ESA satellite
Aircraft positions picked up by ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite, using an experimental Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) receiver. These signals are regularly broadcast from aircraft, giving flight information such as speed, position and altitude. All aircraft entering European airspace are envisaged to carry ADS-B in the coming years. Credit: ESA/DLR/SES An experimental receiver aboard a…