News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
SpaceX has delayed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SES 12 communications satellite. Lift-off from Cape Canaveral is set for Monday, 4 June at 0429 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018053100
Arianespace announced that ISIS – Innovative Solutions In Space – has joined the group of customers who have signed contracts to launch payloads on Vega’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof Of Concept flight (POC flight) in early 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018053101
On 27 May, Apstar 6 suffered a partial power loss owing to a anomaly of the satellite’s south solar array. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018053102
United Arab Emirates satellite operator Yahsat on Wednesday said its third satellite Al Yah-3 had completed its in-orbit testing and was ready to launch commercial services. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018053103
NOAA-20, the first satellite in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new Joint Polar Satellite System has passed rigorous testing and is now operational. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018053000
SES will provide a series of services for the Galileo European navigation system under a long-term agreement signed with Spaceopal, SES announced. The contract is part of the Galileo Service Operator (GSOp) framework agreement between Spaceopal – a joint venture between Telespazio and DLR GfR mbH – and the European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency…
Ten years ago, ISS-Reshetnev’s small satellite Yubileiny was launched into space from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. Having a mass of just 45 kilograms, it was placed on a low Earth orbit from where transmitted amateur radio signals for four years. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018053002
China has developed and tested a wireless onboard control system for rockets, the Science and Technology Daily reported. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018052900
Earlier this year, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made an announcement to the private sector that it would compare proposals and select service providers capable of providing small satellite deployment services from Japan’s Kibo module on the International Space Station. After carefully evaluating the proposals, JAXA has selected Space BD Inc. and MITSUI &…
Orolia announced that its atomic clock solutions have been selected for the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) under contracts totalling EUR26 million. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018052902