News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The first Earth bound orbit raising manoeuvre for ISRO’s Chandryaan-2 spacecraft has been performed successfully on 24 July 2019 at 0922 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072400
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the University of Calgary, along with other partners, announced that they will develop Canada’s contribution to the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072401
ESA’s Aeolus satellite, which carries the world’s first space Doppler wind lidar, has been delivering global measurements of Earth’s wind since it was launched almost a year ago. However, part of the instrument, the laser transmitter, has been slowly losing energy. As a result, ESA decided to switch over to the instrument’s second laser. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072402
The Boeing Company reported second-quarter financial results. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072403
Rocket Lab has announced its next launch is a mission carrying satellites destined to begin a new constellation for UNSEENLABS, as well as more rideshare payloads for Spaceflight, consisting of a spacecraft for BlackSky and the United States Air Force Space Command. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072300
The Space Alliance between Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) and Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%) announced that it has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the initial development of a satellite system dubbed Ital-GovSatCom. This contract paves the way for a dynamic programme within the scope of the Italian…
Maxar Technologies announced that it will integrate and fly NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on a 1300-class satellite in geostationary (GEO) orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072302
On 19 July, Thales Alenia Space completely transferred control of the Yamal-601 satellite to the operational divisions of Gazprom Space Systems. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072303
The Lander Radioscience (LaRa) instrument for ESA’s ExoMars 2020 mission has passed its testing in conditions resembling those on the Red Planet. It will now be transported to Russia for its acceptance review, followed by integration onto the Kazachok Surface Platform, scheduled for launch this time next year. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072304
SRI International, an independent research and technology centre, announced the launch of the Enhanced Tandem Beacon Experiment (E-TBEx) on 25 June 2019, as part of a mission supported by NASA to gather atmospheric data and study how space weather impacts communication and navigation systems. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019072305