News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The heightened interest in going to the Moon shows that there could be a market in providing satellite communications beyond Earth, ESA said in a statement. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071603
OneWeb announced the successful test of its six satellites in Low Earth Orbit. All satellites delivered high-speed, low-latency services, with speed of more than 400 Mbps which enabled real-time video streaming in Full HD from space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071604
SpaceX issued a statement regarding the explosion of the company’s Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort test vehicle during a test in April. It blames the mishap on the failure of a titanium component in a high-pressure nitrogen tetroxide environment. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071500
Rocket: Proton M/Block DM-03; Payload: Spektr-RG [Spektrum-Röntgen-Gamma]; Date: 13 July 2019, 1230 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071400
ISRO said that "A technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system at T-56 minute. As a measure of abundant precaution, Chandrayaan2 launch has been called off for today. Revised launch date will be announced later." http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071401
The new Amos-17 satellite is in the final stages of its prelaunch preparation, operator Spacecom announced. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071402
Maxar Technologies has begun production on a Legion-class geostationary satellite for Ovzon, a company located in the United States and Sweden dedicated to meeting the demand for increased mobile broadband connectivity in underserved regions. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071403
Munich Re confirmed it is one of the insurers for the Vega rocket which failed after take-off on 11 July (UTC), destroying a military observation satellite about to be placed in orbit for the United Arab Emirates. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071404
Approximately two minutes after the Vega launcher’s lift-off from the Spaceport in French Guiana, a launcher anomaly occurred shortly after ignition of the Zefiro 23 second stage – leading to the premature end of the mission. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071100
Rocket: Soyuz-2.1v/Volga; Payload: four military satellites [probably designated Kosmos 2535, 2536, 2537 and 2538]; Date: 10 July 2019, 1714 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The successful separation of all four satellites was announced four hours later. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071101