News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Airbus SE and Safran have proposed to the Board of Directors of ArianeGroup Andre-Hubert Roussel, 53, currently Head of Operations at Airbus Defence and Space, to succeed Alain Charmeau, 62, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ArianeGroup, effective 1 January 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112703
The NASA InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission landed on Mars at 1953 UTC on 26 November 2018 after an almost seven-month, 458-million kilometer journey from Earth. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112600
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has announced that it is designing a low cost 35-kg lunar communications satellite mission called DoT-4, targeted for a 2021 launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112601
The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) analysed the risks that launch delays pose to large satellite constellations in a policy paper, Launch Uncertainty: Implications for Large Constellations. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112602
The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, will target 15 October to 14 November 2019 for launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112500
NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft is on track for a soft touchdown on the surface of the Red Planet on 26 November. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112501
Gilmour Space Technologies, Australia, has signed a long-term collaboration and supply agreement with RUAG Space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112502
New launch dates have been announced for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and ULA’s Delta IV Heavy. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112300
The launch of the third Blagovest military communications satellite is planned for 21 December from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a source in the domestic space industry was quoted as saying by TASS. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112301
China and Brazil will launch a new Earth resource satellite next year, according to an official with the China National Space Administration. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112302