September 2016

http://www.satellitetoday.com/nextspace/2016/09/06/spacex-begins-search-cause-falcon-9-anomaly/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2016/09/06/telekom-austria-upgrades-eumetsats-eumetcast-service-newtec/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/09/06/encompass-bolsters-intelsat-agreement-distribute-hd-4k-north-america/

Israel’s Space Communication Ltd said it could seek US$50 million or a free flight from SpaceX after the Amos-6 communications satellite was destroyed last week aboard during a test of a Falcon 9 launcher. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016090500

ISRO plans to launch the GSLV-F05 carrying the INSAT-3DR weather satellite from the spaceport of Sriharikota on 8 September at 1040 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016090501

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland has successfully qualified for the Frame Contract with the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of the European Space Agency (ESA). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016090502

The launch for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission remains on track for 8 September. Initial assessments indicate the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and OSIRIS-REx spacecraft are healthy and secure in the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-41, 1.8 km from the SLC-40 pad where a SpaceX Falcon 9 disintegrated yesterday. Otherwise, there’s…

Roskosmos has postponed the launch of a Proton-M with the EchoStar-21 satellite from 10 October to 23 November. It also has postponed the launch of the Russian Earth remote sensing satellite Kanopus-V-IK from October to 22 December. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016090201

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have set a date for the launch of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 31 (H-IIA F31) with the Geostationary Meteorological Satellite "Himawari-9". http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016090202

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/09/02/nbn-eyes-2020-completing-australia-wide-broadband-rollout/