May 2016

SES announced a new strategic partnership with PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (Telkom), Indonesia’s largest satellite telecommunications services company. Telkom will provide connectivity to the Indonesian market via capacity on the recently-launched SES-9 satellite, SES’s latest and largest spacecraft for the Asia-Pacific region. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051905

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/05/19/teser-project-manager-lays-out-tech-set-to-de-orbit-defunct-satellites/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/05/19/telkom-indonesia-to-co-market-capacity-from-ses-9-satellite/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/05/19/clyde-space-gains-uk-contract-for-four-experimental-cubesats/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/05/19/speedcast-to-provide-managed-network-services-to-large-oilfield-company/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/05/19/skystream-places-order-with-cpi-for-ka-band-antenna-systems/

The engine that will power the upper stage of Europe’s next-generation launcher completed its first test last week, demonstrating that Ariane 6 is forging ahead for a 2020 debut. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051800

After a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s two Nodes satellites were deployed on 16 May from the NanoRacks platform and into low-Earth orbit to begin their technology demonstration. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051801

NASA has awarded a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation of Boulder, Colorado, for the Thermal Infrared Sensor-2 (TIRS-2) instrument Cryocooler for Landsat 9. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051802

MicroLink Devices announced that Airbus Defence and Space has issued a production contract for MicroLink’s epitaxial lift-off (ELO)-based multijunction solar sheets for use on the new Zephyr S platform. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051803