News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
A Mishap Investigation Board appointed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has identified the most likely cause for an instrument issue aboard NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-17 satellite that launched on 1 March 2018 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019080102
Telesat announced its financial results for the three and six-month periods ending 30 June 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019080103
Inmarsat plc announced unaudited financial results for the half year and second quarter ending 30 June 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019080104
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1-a; Payload: Progress MS-12 [Progress 73P]; Date: 31 July 2019, 1210 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Progress MS-12 cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for the ISS resupplying mission. This was the eleventh Soyuz family mission in 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019073100
Satellite launches are likely to cost more to insure after the European Vega rocket failure this month, Reuters news agency quoted insurance industry sources as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019073101
A failure review board comprised of the satellite’s manufacturer, Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., Intelsat and external independent experts has completed its analysis of the cause of the Intelsat 29e anomaly in April 2019 that resulted in a total loss of the satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019073102
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satellite mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), following on from the success of the Double Star /…
Eutelsat Communications reported financial results for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019073104
Ultra DTH Inc. has signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat Americas, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications for capacity on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to support the launch of a white label DTH platform across the Caribbean and the Andean region. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019073105
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1-a; Payload: Meridian 8 (Meridian No. 18L); Date: 30 July 2019, 0556 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The governmental spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit. This was the tenth Soyuz family mission in 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019073000