Breaking News | Soyuz launch customers search for cause of cubesat failures

August 29, 2017 View this email in your browser Soyuz launch customers search for cause of cubesat failures SAN FRANCISCO —Four of the 72 miniature satellites sent into orbit July 14 on a Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket alongside the primary customer, the Kanopus-V-IK Russian Earth-imaging satellite, are not responding to commands from their operators and two additional cubesats are not in their intended orbits. Dauria Aerospace, Russia's first privately owned and operated satellite manufacturing company, announced Aug. 29 that it has been unable to establish contact with the two MKA-N cubesats the firm designed and built for the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos. SpaceNews has learned that two additional cubesats, the Moscow Aviation Institute's Iskra-MAI-85 and Moscow State University's Cosmo Mayak, are not responding to commands from their operators. In addition, one of Spire Global's eight Lemur-2 satellites and one of Earth-observation company Planet's Flock 2k Doves are not in their intended orbits. See Full Story Sponsored by Delivering Affordable, Intelligent Solutions: Honeywell has unequalled expertise in developing and manufacturing hardware and systems to meet the high performance demands of space missions. We are helping to create the next generation of space flight excellence. Copyright © 2017 SpaceNews Inc., All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SpaceNews Inc. 1414 Prince St, Suite 204 Alexandria, VA 22314