Saturday 11 July 2015

M3MSat Launch

Q178: By the end of 2016, will the M3MSat Satellite be successfully launched?
Yes: 70%

The M3MSat, a Canadian naval surveillance satellite, was originally supposed to be launched in 2014.  However, the launch was delayed because the Canadian government didn't want to use a Russian rocket, because of the situation in Ukraine (see article here).  The satellite is now supposed to be launched by the Indian space agency sometime in 2016.

I think that the satellite probably will be launched according to the revised schedule.  However, it is possible that the launch will be further delayed or will fail entirely.

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