December 2017

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/12/13/casbaa-chairman-calls-policy-reforms-india/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/12/13/oms-miniaturized-weather-observation-tech-going-space/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/12/13/company-believes-motor-can-help-mitigate-space-junk/

The Roskosmos Commission set up to investigate the launch failure of a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with Fregat upper stage and carrying Meteor-M and piggyback satellites, which was executed from the Vostochny Spaceport on 28 November 2017, has completed its work. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017121200

Rocket: Ariane 5 ES; Payload: Galileo 19-22; Date: 12 December 2017, 1836 UTC; Launch site: Korou, French Guiana. The rocket successfully deployed its four passengers during a mission lasting 3 hours, 55 minutes. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017121201

The twin GRACE-FO satellites have now set off on their journey to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Together with test equipment totalling around 45 tonnes, the gravity research satellites built and developed by Airbus in Friedrichshafen (Germany) were loaded overnight onto an air freighter at Munich airport and flown to the USA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017121202

AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH, a provider of high-efficiency solar cells, assemblies and panels for both space and terrestrial power applications, announced that it was chosen from a competitive procurement to provide solar panels for Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) first Dream Chaser spacecraft. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017121203

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/12/12/kymeta-years-away-cracking-aviation-market/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/12/12/marlink-acquires-livewire-connections-targeting-superyachts/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/government/2017/12/12/president-trump-urges-nasa-send-astronauts-moon/