November 2018

EchoStar Corporation announced its financial results for the three months ending 30 September 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110805

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation (JSAT) awarded Gilat a multi-million U.S. dollar project for its new mobility and fixed broadband service in Japan. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110806

China Great Wall Industry Corporation and APT Satellite have signed a letter of intent regarding the creation of the Apstar SMALL GEO Communication Satellites System based on the Dong Fang Hong-4 all-electric small GEO platform designed by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110600

The European-built Service Module (ESM) that will propel, power and cool during NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) has arrived from Germany at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday to begin final outfitting, integration and testing with the crew module and other Orion elements. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110601

The Arianespace Soyuz mission that will orbit the third and final spacecraft in EUMETSAT’s current generation polar-orbiting weather satellite programme has been authorised for launch on 7 November (UTC) from the Spaceport in French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110500

Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat; Payload: Uragan M No. 757 [GLONASS M 757]; Date: 3 November 2018, 2017 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the upper stage rocket successfully placed the navigation satellite into orbit after separating from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1b. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110400

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/G2; Payload: Beidou-3G1Q [Beidou-41]; Time: 2 November 2018, 1557 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center; China. The navigation satellite was placed into a 184 km x 35,8127 km x 28.5 degrees geostationary transfer orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110401

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission has resumed collecting science-quality data and planned in-orbit checks after successfully completing a switchover to a backup system in the microwave instrument (MWI) on one of the mission’s twin spacecraft. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110402

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a GLONASS space vehicle on 3 November was insured, head of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin said. The launch of the cargo spacecraft Progress MS-10 on 16 November will also be insured, he added. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110403

Viasat, Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal second quarter ending 30 September 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110404