News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The UAE Space Agency and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center announced the safe transfer of the Mars Hope spacecraft to its launch site at Tanegashima Space Centre. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020043000
Luxembourg based Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service company, said it is waiting for Indian space agency’s announcement for launch of its rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – C49 (PSLV-C49). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020043001
On 29 February 2020 (Japan time), the CubeSat developed by a team from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala was successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" of the International Space Station. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020043002
Telesat announced its financial results for the three-month period ending 31 March 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020043003
Rocket Lab has closed the transaction to acquire Sinclair Interplanetary, a provider of high-quality, flight-proven satellite hardware. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020043004
Following the measures presented by the French government on 28 April as part of the gradual resumption of activity planned from 11 May and the announcement of a restart of operational activities at the Guiana Space Center, Arianespace confirmed an updated tentative launch scheduled. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020042900
Rocket Lab has rolled an Electron launch vehicle out to the Launch Complex 2 pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops, Virginia for the first time. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020042901
A RAND Corp. study of the heavy lift launch market confirms the heavy lift launch market is unlikely to support more than two U.S. launch providers in the long term, and highlights the short term schedule risks of transitioning to new providers. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020042902
The payload module for the new Ekspress AMU-7 telecommunications satellite has arrived at ISS-Reshetnev facilities in Zheleznogorsk. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020042903
SpaceX has announced some measures to make its Starlink satellites "generally invisible to the naked eye within a week of launch." http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020042904