News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
A laser assembly for spacecraft that is capable of displaying advertising from space has passed stratospheric tests, according to the developer, Avant Space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020091003
The top management of Russia’s state space corporation Roskosmos, as well as industry experts and S7 officials, have assessed the readiness of the Sea Launch space complex for missions of the prospective Soyuz-5 and Soyuz-6 rockets, Roskosmos said in a statement. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090900
The U.S. Space Force has declared Initial Operational Capability of the Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary (EWS-G1) spacecraft. EWS-G1, formerly known as GOES-13, was transferred to the U.S. Air Force by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2019 under an agreement between the U.S. Air Force and NOAA for Interagency Cooperation on Collection…
D-Orbit delivered its first ION Satellite Carrier and successfully tested the orbital transport system. The rocket placed ION in a Sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 515 km with the spacecraft separating correctly from the dispenser. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090800
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror, which will collect and focus light from cosmic objects near and far, has been completed. Using this mirror, Roman (formerly known as Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope or WFIRST) will capture space vistas with a field of view 100 times greater than Hubble images. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090802
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Gaofen 11-02; Date: 7 September 2020, 0557 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The optical remote sensing satellites was deployed into a 247 km x 694 km x 97.33 degrees transfer orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090700
Three satellites of the Gonets-M series have been released from storage at ISS-Reshetnev Company. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090702
exactEarth Ltd. announced the successful launch of the ESAIL microsatellite. Developed under ESA’s ARTES Partnership Project for global ship tracking, the ESAIL satellite was launched on 3 September onboard the Arianespace Vega (VV16) flight, from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090703
Rocket: Chang Zheng 2F; Payload: reusable experimental spacecraft; Date: 4 September 2020, approx. 0730 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The spacecraft landed at 0200 UTC on 6 September after two days in a 331 km x 347 km x 50.2 degrees orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090600
The Progress Rocket and Space Center has repaired the Fregat upper stage that led to a postponement of a Meridian satellite launch from the Plesetsk spaceport in January. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090601