News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Lockheed Martin has delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) software upgrade to the U.S. Air Force’s current GPS ground control system. The upgrade will enable the Air Force to start commanding the new, next-generation GPS III satellites now coming off the production line and beginning to launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061202
Relativity announced that it has secured an agreement with NASA and an incentive package from the Mississippi Development Authority to expand facilities and infrastructure at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061203
Russia’s State Space Corporation Roskosmos has placed an order to the tune of RUB2 billion (US$31 million) for the manufacture of a light Angara-1.2 carrier rocket for the launch of Gonets-M satellites, according to the information posted on the government’s procurement website. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061100
A consortium of companies in Poland will investigate new fuel injector designs to improve variable thrust in rocket engines using storable ‘green’ propellants. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061101
Harris Corporation has provided Lockheed Martin with its seventh of 10 advanced navigation payloads contracted for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellite programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061102
NASA will test non-toxic fuel and compatible propulsion system in space for the first time with the Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM), set to launch later this month on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061103
NanoAvionics, an international nano-satellite missions integrator, and the consortium partners KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services) and Antwerp Space have been awarded EUR10 million funding by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020, ESA’s ARTES and private investors. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061104
Building on its existing presence in Australia, Viasat Inc. announced its plans to launch a Real-Time Earth (RTE) facility in Alice Springs, Australia. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061105
Specialists of the Roskosmos enterprises completed the general assembly of a Proton-M integrated launch vehicle at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061000
Europe’s Ariane 6 launch vehicle is set to debut with a commercial mission in 2020 – industry is carrying out the final tests and starting production. The Ariane 6 launch zone at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is near completion. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019061001