News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: GovSat 1 [SES 16]; Date: 31 January 2018, 2225 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite was placed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit. There were no plans to recover the rocket’s first stage. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018013100
The identity of a satellite re-discovered on 20 January 2018 has been confirmed as NASA’s IMAGE satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018013101
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/01/31/iridium-based-satcom-system-bargain-boeing-737-max/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2018/01/31/akash-systems-raises-3-1-million-seed-round/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/01/31/ses-deliver-connectivity-copper-mining-project/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2018/01/31/students-launch-cubesats-iss-study-orbital-decay/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2018/01/31/greg-jones-lead-business-development-aerojet-rocketdyne/
SpaceX has called off the launch of LuxGovSat S.A.’s GovSat 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to replace a sensor on the upper stage of the Falcon 9 launcher. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018013000
NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, mission powered on the GOLD instrument for the first time after launch on 28 January. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018013001
Lockheed Martin reported fourth quarter 2017 financial results. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018013002