News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
As the U.S. Air Force prepares to launch its second next-generation GPS III satellite, L3Harris Technologies delivered its eighth navigation payload to GPS III satellite prime contractor Lockheed Martin. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019082101
Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/E; Payload: Chinasat-18 ( Zhongxing-18); Date: 19 August 2019, 1203 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite appears to have been placed into geostationary transfer orbit as planned but has since suffered an anomaly. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019082000
The Lockheed Martin GPS III SV02 is set to launch on 22 August aboard an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket. The launch window opens at 1300 UTC and will remain open for 27 minutes. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019082001
Astrobotic announced that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket in a competitive commercial procurement to launch its Peregrine lunar lander to the moon in 2021. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019082002
Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) manoeuvre was completed successfullyon 20 August 2019. The duration of manoeuvre was 1,738 seconds beginning from 0432 UTC. With this, Chandrayaan-2 was successfully inserted into a Lunar orbit. The orbit achieved is 114 km x 18,072 km. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019082003
One of the key instruments on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars rover, the Panoramic Camera (PanCam) has been fitted and integrated in the Airbus bio-burden cleanroom in Stevenage. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019082004
Rocket: Electron/Curie; Payload: Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter 1 (BRO-1), Global-4, 2 x Pearl White; Date: 19 August 1212 UTC); Launch site: Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. All four satellites were successfully deployed. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019081900
ISS-Reshetnev Company has completed building and already sent to its European partner – Thales Alenia Space – a payload module structure for the Ekspress-AMU7 satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019081901
ThinKom Solutions introduced a new gateway concept, which the company describes as an "array of arrays" that will provide a superior alternative to the large "antenna farms" of parabolic dishes currently used for support of geostationary (GEO) satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019081902
Rocket: Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1, Jielong 1); Payload: three microsats; Date: 17 August 2018, 0411 UTC, Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The three satellites were placed into the targeted orbit. They will be used for remote sensing services, communication and Internet of Things. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019081800