On November 17, 2015 at 06:34 UTC the “Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The launch was performed by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. The rocket equipped with the “Fregat” booster (upper stage) orbited the first in a new fleet of military satellites to detect missile launches heading for Russian territory. The satellite is believed to be the first EKS-class missile warning platform, into an elliptical Tundra-type orbit positioned over high latitudes. Russia did not release the satellite’s orbital parameters or data on its specifications and capabilities. Russian authorities officially named the new EKS satellite “Kosmos-2510”, keeping with the country’s nomenclature for defense-related spacecraft.

On November 10, 2015 at 21:34 UTC the “Ariane-5ECA” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The rocket orbited the “Arabsat-6B” and the “GSAT-15” telecommunications satellites. The “GSAT-15” satellite, owned and operated by the Indian Space Research Organization, will focus on secure and emergency communications, navigation, and video broadcasts. The “Arabsat-6B” satellite was manufactured by Airbus Defense and Space, with its communications payload provided by Thales Alenia Space. The “Arabsat-6B” will beam hundreds of television channels and broadband services across Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia for a 15-year mission.

On November 08, 2015 at 07:06 UTC the “Long March – 4B” (“Changzheng-4B”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited the “Yaogan Weixing-28” remote sensing satellite. Analysts believe that this class of satellites is used for military purposes.

On November 6, 2015 American astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren performed the spacewalk for routing ammonia coolant back to the prime radiator used by one of the lab’s solar arrays and bypassing a secondary radiator that was activated three years ago to help pinpoint a coolant leak. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 48 minutes.

On November 4, 2015 at 03:45 UTC the “Super Strypi” rocket blasted off from a rail launch platform at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai Island, Hawaii, United States. The first flight of an experimental U.S. military rocket designed for low-cost, quick-reaction satellite launches ended in failure, destroying 13 small spacecraft clustered on the mission for NASA researchers and university students. Government and industry officials hope the “Super Strypi” — also known as the Low Earth Orbiting Nanosatellite Integrated Defense Autonomous System, or LEONIDAS — has applications in the commercial industry as a dedicated light-class satellite launcher.

In October 2015 the Russian Federal Communications Agency issued the postal stationery devoted to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise «Satellite Communications» (Russian: ФГУП «Космическая связь») or Russian Satellite Communications Company, the main state operator of communications satellites.

Die Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC, russisch ФГУП «Космическая связь») ist der staatliche Betreiber von zivilen Kommunikationssatelliten in Russland. Die Satelliten tragen den Namen Express.

Total edition is 2 000 000 envelops. The envelop depicts the Russian “Express-АМ8” and “Express-АМ5&rdquo ... Read more »

On November 3, 2015 at 16:25 UTC, the Chang Zheng-3B (Long March-3B) rocket-carrier was launched from Xichang Cosmodrome, Sichuan province, southwestern China. The rocket orbited the “Zhongxing-2C” telecommunications satellite.

On October 31, 2015 at 16:13 UTC the "Atlas-5” rocket-carrier was launched from Cape Canaveral launch site of US Air Force. The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket equipped with the “Centaur” booster orbited the GPS IIF-11 (USA-265) navigation satellite.

In September 2015 the Russian Federal Communications Agency issued the postal stationery devoted to the 80^th birthday Anniversary of cosmonaut German Titov. Total edition is 2 000 000 envelops. The cover is cancelled with the appropriate special official post mark devoted to the same event.

On October 28, 2015 American astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren performed the spacewalk for installing cables needed for a new docking mechanism, mounting insulation panels on a physics experiment to improve cooling and lubricating the latching mechanism of the station’s robot arm. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 16 minutes. This was the first spacewalk for both Kelly and Lindgren.