FEMA Awards UltiSat Contingency Satellite Services Project – Satellite Today
http://www.satellitetoday.com/regional/2016/05/17/fema-awards-ultisat-contingency-satellite-services-project/
AsiaSat to Broadcast 4KUniverse on AsiaSat 4 – Satellite Today
http://www.satellitetoday.com/regional/2016/05/17/asiasat-to-broadcast-4kuniverse-on-asiasat-4/
International Space Station Completes 100,000 Orbits – Satellite Today
http://www.satellitetoday.com/regional/2016/05/17/international-space-station-completes-100000-orbits/
China launches new imaging satellite – Satellite News Digest
Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: Yaogan Weixing-30 (Yaogan 30, YG-30); Date: 15 May 2016, 0243 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite has been tracked in a 628 km x 656 km x 98.1 degrees orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051600
Delta IV Heavy to launch NROL-37 – Satellite News Digest
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy will launch the NROL-37 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on 4 June between 1800 and 2300 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051601
Delay of the day: Soyuz/GLONASS – Satellite News Digest
The launch of GLONASS-M satellite No. 53 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in north Russia aboard a a Soyuz-2.1b has been rescheduled from 21 to 29 May, Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems CEO Nikolay Testoyedov said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051602
USAF demos rocket engine technologies for next generation launch systems – Satellite News Digest
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne achieved a major milestone under the Hydrocarbon Boost programme, which is advancing U.S. rocket engine technologies in support of next generation launch. The Hydrocarbon Boost (HCB) programme completed full power, full duration tests of the oxygen-rich staged combustion (ORSC) sub-scale preburner. Testing was conducted at…
World’s blackest coating material makes its debut in space – Satellite News Digest
The ultra-black Vantablack surface coating material has made its space debut in an optical instrument on board the Kent Ridge 1 satellite. The material’s ability to absorb virtually all incident light improves the performance of the satellite’s star tracker-based positioning control system. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016051604
Facebook Talks to Via Satellite: “We Like to Move Fast and Break Things” – Satellite Today
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/05/16/facebook-talks-to-via-satellite-we-like-to-move-fast-and-break-things-2/
Airbus Defence and Space Establishes Australian Ground Station for Skynet Military Satellite – Satellite Today
http://www.satellitetoday.com/regional/2016/05/16/airbus-defence-and-space-establishes-australian-ground-station-for-skynet-military-satellite/