June 2016

A Proton M launch vehicle, utilising a 5-burn Briz M Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit (SSTO) mission design, will lift off from Pad 24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Intelsat 31 satellite on board on 8 June at 0710 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016060602

Airbus Defence and Space has completed integration of PerúSAT-1, Peru’s first Earth observation satellite. It was built in less than 24 months. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016060603

Airbus Defence and Space and the European Space Agency (ESA) have agreed to start a joint pilot project phase to prepare the operation and utilisation of a new external payload platform on the European International Space Station (ISS) laboratory Columbus. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016060604

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/06/06/airbus-defence-and-space-finishes-perusat-1/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/regional/2016/06/06/stn-taps-elemental-for-broadcast-equipment/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/regional/2016/06/06/international-datacasting-to-merge-with-novra-technologies/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/06/06/gmv-supports-satellite-based-augmentation-systems-project-in-south-africa/

The government commission of the state-run corporation Roskosmos may make a final decision regarding the date of launching the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS to the International Space Station on 6 June, TASS reported citing a source in the space rocket industry. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016060300

XCOR Aerospace announced that it has decided to focus the majority of its resources on the final development of its liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen (LH2) programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016060301

The French Navy has awarded a four year contract covering the provision of a satellite-based maritime surveillance service to a consortium of Airbus Defence and Space and Telespazio France. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016060302