News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Spaceflight announced it is providing mission management and rideshare integration services on an upcoming launch from the International Space Station (ISS) and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus launch vehicle. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071102
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on 11 July (UTC) performed a series of operations for the second touchdown of Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 on the Ryugu asteroid and the collection of its soil samples. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071103
The mission critical design review (M-CDR) of NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) space-based astrophysics observatory was recently completed at Ball Aerospace’s Boulder, Colorado, facility. The IXPE mission is led by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with support from Ball Aerospace, the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at University of…
UPDATE: A "major anomaly" occurred during the mission and resulted in the loss of the payload. Earlier, Arianespace restarted launch operations for Flight VV15 as weather conditions were improving over the Spaceport in French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071000
The first flight of the Russian recoverable stage of the Krylo-SV launch vehicle is scheduled for 2021-2022, Director-General of the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects Andrei Grigoryev was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071001
Virgin Orbit has released a rocket from the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jetliner in mid-air in a key test of its high-altitude launch system for satellites, the company said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071002
The LightSail 2 mission team has delayed deployment of the spacecraft’s solar sail until at least 21 July 2019 to conduct additional attitude control system testing and potentially update the spacecraft’s flight software. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071003
Globalstar, Inc. announced its financial results for the quarter ending 31 March 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019071004
Rocket Lab said it is celebrating completion of the company’s 100th Rutherford engine. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070900
SES has signed two agreements with the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) that the company said will result in the creation of a dedicated Ethiopian TV environment. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070901