June 2017

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/06/08/customization-key-future-connected-private-jet/

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: EchoStar XXI; Date: 8 June 2017, 0345:47 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The EchoStar XXI/Briz M upper stage separation occurred 9 hours 13 minutes after lift-off. The separated spacecraft mass was approximately 6900 kg. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017060800

NASA has selected Dynetics, Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama, to develop and build a universal stage adapter for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017060801

The Russian company S7 Sea Launch has signed a contract with the Ukrainian company Pivdenmash for the purchase of 12 Zenit rockets, Dnepropetrovsk-based Pivdenmash said. But there are doubts about the availability of Russian engines for those rockets. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017060802

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/06/08/smartsky-networks-awards-dragonwave-contract-high-capacity-backhaul/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2017/06/08/kratos-receives-5-million-orders-u-s-national-security-satcoms/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/06/08/intelsat-opens-new-sales-office-kenya/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/06/08/nsslglobal-opens-new-office-germany/

SpaceX will fly its first mission for the U.S. Air Force in August when it launches the military’s X-37B miniature spaceplane, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said. Four previous X-37B missions were launched by United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017060700

On 7 June 2007, the first satellite in Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed constellation was successfully launched in California. The Earth observation system was completed in 2010 (four satellites in total). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017060701