June 2016

News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web

Orbital ATK conducts test of Antares first stage – Satellite News Digest

Orbital ATK announced it conducted a full-power "hot fire" test of the upgraded first stage propulsion system of its Antares medium-class rocket using new RD-181 main engines, built by Energomash in Russia. The 30-second test took place on 31 May 2016 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0A. Initial indications are that the…

First three subcontractors selected by OneWeb Satellites – Satellite News Digest

OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture equally owned by Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb, has selected the first three top-tier subcontractors. The supply contracts have been signed with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) from Canada, Sodern from France and Teledyne Defence (a business unit of Teledyne Microwave Solutions) from the United Kingdom. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016060102