News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The Intelsat 39 geosynchronous communications satellite has safely arrived at the Arianespace launch base in Kourou, French Guiana, after completing final delivery checkouts at Maxar’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062600
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) free-flying satellite, built on a spacecraft platform designed and developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), is on-orbit and successfully performing experiments. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062601
Rocket: Falcon Heavy; Payload: STP-2; Date: 25 June 2019, 0630 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062500
Rocket: Chang Zheng-3B/G2; Payload: Beidou-3I2 (IGSO-2) [aka Beidou-46]; Date: 24 June 2019, 1805 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. After in-orbit tests, the new satellite will work with those BDS satellites already in orbit to improve the coverage and positioning accuracy of the system. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062501
The UK Space Agency is joining forces with mobile communications giant O2 to develop next generation technology needed for driverless cars. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062502
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the AEHF-5 mission for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is delayed, due to a vehicle battery failure discovered during final processing. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062400
Thales Alenia Space and Gazprom Space Systems announced that the Launch Early Operation Phase (LEOP) has been successfully completed and that the Yamal-601 communications satellite is now in the nominal geostationary orbit (GEO) at the right position. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062401
NASA has selected two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth’s response. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062402
The second satellite to join the constellation that forms the European Data Relay System (EDRS) has arrived at its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062300
The launch of a Proton-M/Block DM-03, which is planned to deliver the Spektr-RG space observatory to orbit, has been delayed to a backup date, Russia’s Roskosmos State Space Corporation said.- http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019062301