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Summary: 17 May 2013 - 23 May 2013
 Delay of the day: Delta IV/WGS-5 (again)
23 May 2013 - The launch of WGS-5 aboard a Delta IV from Cape Canaveral will be delayed at least another 24 hours. >>>
NASA Launch Services II 2013 ON-RAMP
23 May 2013 - NASA plans to issue a revision to the NASA Launch Services II (NLS II) Request for Proposal (RFP) on or around 24 June 2013 and encourages new and existing providers to submit proposals. >>>
Only 12 Proton launches in 2013 planned
23 May 2013 - Russia plans to launch a total of 12 Proton-M rockets this year, Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Centre said. >>>
H-IIB, Epsilon launch dates
21 May 2013 - Launch dates have been announced for upcoming launches of Japanese rockets. >>>
Ariane Flight VA214's launch vehicle marks a preparation milestone
21 May 2013 - The third Ariane 5 for launch in 2013 has now completed basic build-up at the Spaceport, taking the next step toward Arianespace's two-passenger mission planned from French Guiana in July. >>>
Delay of the day: Delta IV/WGS-5
20 May 2013 - The launch of WGS-5 aboard a Delta IV will be delayed at least 24 hours. >>>
Soyuz launch plans in French Guiana
20 May 2013 - Russia and France plan to carry out seven Soyuz-ST carrier rocket launches from French Guiana by the end of 2014. >>>
India to launch first navigation satellite on 11 June
17 May 2013 - The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A is slated for launch on board a PSLV-C22 XL rocket on 11 June at 1931 UTC from Sriharikota spaceport. >>>
NIAC programme moves forward to phase II
22 May 2013 - NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking Phase II proposals for continuation of promising studies selected during the first phase of the programme. >>>
Boeing ships 6th wideband global SATCOM satellite for launch
21 May 2013 - Boeing recently shipped its sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, which is scheduled for launch later this year. >>>
Emcore awarded solar panel manufacturing contract by ATK
21 May 2013 - Emcore Corporation has been awarded a contract by ATK to design and manufacture solar panels for NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) planned for launch in 2015. >>>
ATK tests ECAPS
20 May 2013 - ATK has successfully completed the first U.S.-based testing of the High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) thruster technology for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). >>>
LDCM completes on-orbit acceptance review
20 May 2013 - All spacecraft systems and instruments are performing normally onboard the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM, or Landsat 8) Observatory after a brief glitch at the beginning of May. >>>
ViaSat-2 ordered from Boeing
17 May 2013 - ViaSat has executed a contract with Boeing to build ViaSat-2, which is based on ViaSat's next generation, Ka-band satellite technology and architecture. ViaSat-2 is expected to be, by far, the world's highest capacity satellite at the time of launch (scheduled for mid-2016) achieving an unparalleled mix of capacity and coverage. ViaSat-2 is anticipated to approximately double the bandwidth economics of ViaSat-1 while simultaneously increasing its coverage footprint by seven-fold. >>>
First picture from Proba-V
17 May 2013 - Proba-V is in good health following its launch last week. The Vegetation imager has been switched on and the first image has been captured over western France. >>>
ITT Exelis advanced geo weather instrument passes critical test
17 May 2013 - The ITT Exelis-developed Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing. The ABI was exposed to harsh space-like conditions with hundreds of degrees of temperature variation in Rochester, New York, marking the second part of its environmental testing regime. >>>
GOES-13 out of service again
23 May 2013 - An anomaly has occurred aboard the U.S. weather satellite GOES-13. It has for the time being been replaced with the GOES-14 backup satellite. >>>
NASA ships sensors for seafaring satellite to France
23 May 2013 - Three NASA-built instruments that are integral components of the next in a series of U.S./European ocean altimetry satellites have arrived in France for integration with their spacecraft in preparation for a 2015 launch. Jason-3 will extend the two-decade series of satellites that are tracking global sea level changes and enabling more accurate weather, ocean and climate forecasts. >>>
Ecuadorian cubesat hit by Russian space junk
23 May 2013 - Ecuador's space agency EXA said that its NEE-01 Pegaso cubesat was hit by a piece of space debris that originated from a Soviet S14 rocket launched into space nearly three decades ago. >>>
SES S.A. results Q1 2013
20 May 2013 - SES S.A. reported financial results for the first quarter 2013. >>>
ViaSat Inc. results FY 2013
17 May 2013 - ViaSat Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013. >>>
Astriums to expand Lampoldhausen site
17 May 2013 - For the past 50 years, Astrium has been developing, producing, and testing propulsion systems for space flight in Lampoldshausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. By 2014, Astrium plans to invest seven million euros on the expansion of the site. The company's aim is to meet the growing world-wide demand for satellite propulsion systems. >>>
SES signs multi-year capacity deal with Telekom Srbija
22 May 2013 - SES announced that it has signed a multi-year capacity deal with Telekom Srbija on the Astra 3B satellite owned by SES and positioned at 23.5 degrees East. >>>
NSR predicts satellite manufacturing and launch services transformation
20 May 2013 - NSR's Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services (SMLS), 3rd Edition report describes the difficulties of an industry facing a low demand period and the technologies and changes that will greatly improve the industry value proposition over the next decade, the research firm said. >>>
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