July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... of the Soyuz vehicle as well as the location of Kourou near the equator, which allows the payload for geostationary orbit to be increased from two to more than three tonnes with specifically dedicated launch pads, was first effected...
September 2025
Iran’s ascent - a space power in the shadow of sanctions
... a new 14,000 hectares launch site at Chabahar on the southeast coast for its launches to sun-synchronous and geostationary orbits from 2031, so it will probably be launched from there. In the meantime, Russia will launch the first...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... a broad band of satellite masses. Three vehicle configurations will carry satellites weighing from 2.5 tons to 7 tons into geostationary orbit. The H-IIA has a launch success rate of 97 per cent, the highest ever achieved Technologies that are...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
...Scorpion constructing a large, crewed communications hub in geostationary orbit. Enter the Scorpion The Scorpion concept was of...space. The Scorpion can deliver over 500 tonnes to geostationary orbit or the Earth/Moon Lagrange points on each mission ...
08 March 2016
Falcon 9 Successfully Launches SES-9
... for launch for the fall of 2015. The Boeing-built SES-9 will operate at 108.2 degrees east in geostationary orbit. The spacecraft’s 81 Ku-band transponders will provide communications services for parts of Asia, Australia and the Middle...
07 August 2019
Successful launch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite
...SpaceDataHighway network (also known as EDRS, European Data Relay System), has been successfully launched into geostationary orbit at 31° East by an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. After a test period, it will double transmission capacity...
