News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Paris, May 6th 2020 – Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with Telenor Maritime to provide Ku coverage on a regional basis for sailing areas in Europe, Trans-Atlantic crossings, the Caribbean and South East Asia. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050601
Inmarsat has launched a comprehensive new Rail Telemetry and Communications Solution for the global rail industry. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050602
Rocket: Chang Zheng 5B; Payload: two test capsules; Date: 5 May 2020, 1000 UTC; Launch site: Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, China. The unmanned prototype spaceship successfully separated and entered its planned orbit about eight minutes after lift-off, according to the Xinhua news agency. A test version of a cargo return capsule also successfully separated from…
Airbus and Xenesis have signed a contract for a payload slot on the International Space Station (ISS) Bartolomeo platform for the demonstration of their Xen-Hub optical communication space terminal. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050501
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has been awarded a sole-source contract for satellite bandwidth utilisation services. The base year of the contract is valued at US$3,061,221; if all four option years are exercised, the total value will be US$19 million. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050502
Spacecom and its long-term partner ST Engineering iDirect announced the successful demonstration of VSAT return capabilities on Amos-17. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050503
Russia will launch its first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring the Arctic climate and environment at the end of the year, General Director of the Lavochkin aerospace company Vladimir Kolmykov was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050400
The duration of SpaceX’s first mission with astronauts on board — planned to launch on 27 May from Florida — has been extended from a few days to potentially weeks aboard the International Space Station, NASA said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050401
MDA announced that it has received a contract worth C$190 million to support robotic operations on the International Space Station (ISS) from 2020 to 2024. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050402
The telecommunications satellites Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103 will be launched on 30 July (local time). The Proton-M rocket needed for the launch will be repaired by June, a space industry source said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020050300