News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Rocket: Pegasus XL; Payload: Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON); Date: 11 October 2019, 0031 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite was placed into a 597 km x 602 km x 27.0 degrees orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019101300
Aerojet Rocketdyne has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to design and manufacture a lightweight rocket engine thrust chamber assembly using innovative additive manufacturing processes and materials. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019101301
The Next Generation OPIR Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting (GEO) satellite programme, commonly referred to as NGG, achieved another major milestone in 2019 by completing its system/ground and space vehicle preliminary design review (PDR) on 27 September 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019101302
Astroscale Holdings Inc. has entered the assembly, integration and test (AIT) phase of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission, following completion of rigorous design reviews and subsystem testing. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019101303
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully inserted the Eutelsat 5 West B and the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) satellites into their planned super-synchronous Transfer Orbits (SSTO) for Eutelsat of Paris, France, and SpaceLogistics LLC of Dulles, Virginia. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019101000
Maxar Technologies announced that it will open a new facility in St. Louis, Missouri, to support growth in several U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) programmes. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019101001
Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center, majority shareholder of International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS), announced the resignation of Kirk Pysher as President of ILS. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019101002
Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Eutelsat 5 West B [Eutelsat 5WB], Mission Extension Vehicle-1 [MEV-1]; Date: 9 October 2019, 1017 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The delivery of the satellites into a supersynchronous transfer orbit was to take a record 15 hours and 54 minutes [too late for this issue]. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019100900
Raytheon Company said it will develop new space systems and flight software, and provide engineering, training and operations support for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed by Caltech, under a five-year, $150 million contract. The contract could potentially be worth US$300 million over 10 years if all options are exercised. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019100901
US-based EOS Data Analytics Inc. (EOS), a space portfolio company of Noosphere Ventures, has unveiled EOS SAR – a project to develop its own synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors intended for deployment in a constellation of microsatellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019100902