News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Another Vega launch vehicle has completed its assembly process at the Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a major milestone as preparations continue for Arianespace’s sixth mission overall in 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070300
Exolaunch said it has completed a successful payload integration for an upcoming Soyuz launch from the Vostochny launch site. Lift off is currently schedules for 5 July, 0541 UTC. The rocket’s main payload is the Meteor M2-2 weather satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070301
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by Space Norway to deliver its Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) system. Northrop Grumman will design, manufacture and integrate two satellites for highly elliptical orbit (HEO) in addition to providing critical ground infrastructure. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070302
ThinKom Solutions has announced the completion of the first live test of a commercially available phased-array antenna with Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070303
Eutelsat Communications and Broadpeak have announced an approx. 20% investment in Broadpeak, supplier of CDN (Content Delivery Network) technologies optimising the delivery of video content over terrestrial and satellite networks. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070304
NASA successfully demonstrated the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system can outrun a speeding rocket and pull astronauts to safety during an emergency during launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070200
The use of electric propulsion for raising satellites into geostationary orbit can result in significant solar cell degradation according to a new study. The extended journey time results in greater exposure to the damaging effects of space weather. Understanding the size of this risk is essential for commercial operators to take steps to mitigate the…
United Launch Alliance spokeswoman Julie Arnold said that there was an emergency situation with a Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine in 2018 during a launch of Atlas V rocket, noting that the incident did not affect the flight. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070100
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kominfo) has selected the consortium led by the domestic satellite operator Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) to deploy and operate a broadband telecommunication satellite. This consortium has awarded Thales Alenia Space to design and manufacture the satellite named SATRIA (Indonesian for ‘knight’). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070101
Airbus said it has enlarged its high-resolution imagery portfolio following an agreement to leverage capacity from the S1-4 satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). This new imagery offer called Vision-1 delivers full end-to-end imaging operations to Airbus’ customers. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019070102