July 2019

News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web

Airbus to build European component of SMILE – Satellite News Digest

Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satellite mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), following on from the success of the Double Star /…

Progress MS-11 de-orbited – Satellite News Digest

Russia’s cargo spacecraft Progress MS-11, which separated from the International Space Station earlier on Monday, has been dumped in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean, the press-service of the Central Research Institute of Machine Building TsNIIMash said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019073001