News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Elon Musk is "the manufacturer, launcher, and operator of 40,000 satellites. His project is monopolizing the sector. He’s colonizing low [Earth] orbit. We refuse to allow low [Earth] orbit to be cornered by one single agent, who would ultimately harm all others." – Stéphane Israël, Arianespace CEO, quoted by Business Insider http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112802
Rocket: PSLV-C47; Payload: Cartosat-3, 13 nano satellites; Date: 27 November 2019, 0358 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, India. After 17 minutes and 38 seconds, Cartosat-3 was successfully injected into a Sun-synchronous orbit of 509 km. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112700
The cargo transport vehicle Progress MS-13 to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to launch on 6 December 2019 at 0934 UTC from Baikonur, while docking with the station was scheduled for 9 December. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112701
On 19 November, U.S. Space Command accepted Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-10 into the operational constellation and will be transitioning users to utilise the bandwidth provided by this new satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112702
Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: TIBA-1 [TIBA SAT 1], Inmarsat GX5; Date: 26 November 2019, 2123 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The payloads were injected into an optimised geostationary transfer orbit inclined 5° to the equator. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112600
Rocket: Soyuz 2-1v/Volga; Payload: Kosmos 2542; Date: 25 November 2019, 1752 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The classified military satellite was deployed into a 368 km x 858 km x 97.90° orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112601
Viasat Inc. announced its ability to offer enhanced gate-to-gate in-flight connectivity and pier-to-pier maritime services through an international agreement signed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Member States opening more Ka-band spectrum for satellite mobility solutions. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112602
Due to unfavourable weather conditions over the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, Arianespace has decided to delay the Flight VA250. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112500
Technical problems have been revealed in Russia’s Progress MS-13 cargo spacecraft, scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on 1 December. Although they have meanwhile been rectified, the date of the launch remains uncertain, the Russian State Space Corporation Roskosmos said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112501
Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner is now connected to the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that will launch the spacecraft on its first flight test to the International Space Station. lift-off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is targeted for 17 December. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112502