July 2016

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/13/panasonic-china-telecom-satellite-extend-ifc-trial-chinese-airlines/

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., announced that assembly and testing of its AR1 advanced liquid rocket engine will take place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016071200

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has resumed full operations, following work by engineers to investigate why the rover put itself into a safe standby mode on 2 July. The rover team brought Curiosity out of safe mode on 9 July. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016071201

China will launch a Water Cycle Observation Mission (WCOM) satellite around 2020, to help in forecasting hydrological events including flood and drought, it was announced at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGRSS) 2016 in Beijing. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016071202

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (GES) announced a new partnership to go beyond Earth’s orbit and provide a new model of low cost, high value, space exploration and science. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016071203

Eutelsat Communications said initiated the process of divesting its stake in Hispasat by exercising the put option granted in 2008 by Hispasat’s majority shareholder, the Abertis Group. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016071204

Thales Alenia Space has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RUAG’s opto-electronics business line. The transaction is subject to the usual closing conditions, and should be finalised by the end of the year. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016071205

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/12/rocket-lab-electron-manifest-grows-planet-launch-contract/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/12/uk-space-agency-forming-propulsion-test-facility/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/12/kongsberg-norspace-supply-converters-two-inmarsat-6-satellites/