June 2016

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/29/gps-ocx-passes-new-test-milestone/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/29/comtech-wins-flight-connectivity-sspa-order/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/29/asiasat-jib-strike-nhk-broadcast-agreement/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/29/digitalglobe-shifts-worldview-1-afternoon-orbit/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/29/cpi-asc-signal-division-supplies-antennas-taiwanese-telco/

EUMETSAT and CNES have signed an agreement on ARGOS receivers to fly on METOP-SG satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016062803

Specialists from RSC Energia (a part of State Corporation Roskosmos) working at the Baikonur launch site have successfully completed operations to mate a manned transportation spacecraft of the new series Soyuz MS to the adapter section. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016062802

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to provide affordable opportunities for United Nations Member States to conduct experiments in space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016062801

A booster for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), successfully fired up Tuesday for its second qualification ground test at Orbital ATK’s test facilities in Promontory, Utah. This was the last full-scale test for the booster before SLS’s first uncrewed test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft in late 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016062800

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/28/brexit-wake-uk-politician-gives-fiery-defense-space-sector/