November 2018

Roskosmos will phase out the Soyuz-FG from service by the end of 2019, according to the agency’s head, Dmitry Rogozin. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018111201

According to the 21st edition of its report Satellites to be Built and Launched over the Next 10 Years, Euroconsult anticipates that 330 satellites with a mass over 50 kg will be launched on average each year by 2027 for government agencies and commercial organisations worldwide. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018111202

Rocket: Electron/Curie; Payload seven small satellites; Date: 11 November 2018, 0350 UTC; Launch site: Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. The mission, named ‘It’s Business Time,’ marks Rocket Lab’s second successful orbital launch and deployment of customer satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018111100

NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) has certified Falcon 9 as a Category 3 launch vehicle. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018111101

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on 10 November (UTC) successfully retrieved a capsule that was jettisoned from a Japanese unmanned cargo spacecraft and landed in the Pacific Ocean. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018111102

Spaceflight announced it will launch 12 spacecraft in November from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Payloads aboard the mission include Fleet Space Technologies’ Centauri I, Harris Corporation’s HSAT, Spire’s LEMUR satellites, and BlackSky’s Global-1 microsatellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110800

The first rocket Russian company S7 Space is working on at the moment may take place in three years from now, according to the company’s chief, Sergey Sopov. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110801

The Kounotori7 unmanned Japanese cargo transporter has departed the International Space Station to return to Earth with experiment samples, a first for Japan’s space agency. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110802

Parker Solar Probe is in good condition after skimming by the Sun at just 24 million km from the solar surface. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110803

Inmarsat plc published unaudited information for the third quarter ending 30 September 2018. Shares in the satellite operator fell as much as 10% after it reported declining maritime revenue in a set of third-quarter numbers that otherwise met expectations. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110804