News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The Pentagon has introduced restrictions that will prevent U.S. companies from using Russian space rocket launches and satellite services, set to take effect in 2023. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019053004
Program validation tests for ETID (Expander-cycle Technology Integrated Demonstrator), which is designed to develop new technologies for upper stage rocket engines, were completed on 22 March 2019, with the successful hot-fire testing campaign. A total of 14 thrust chamber and valve components developed by ArianeGroup and its European partners have been undergoing testing at the…
The economic losses of Russia from 11 failed space launches in the period from 2010 to 2018 amounted to more than RUB35 billion (US$541.83 million), including RUB10.5 billion (US$162.55 million) uncovered by insurance, according a financial and economic justification to the draft resolution of the Russian Government. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019052901
Russia will spend RUB259.4 billion (approx. US$4 billion) on space launches in 2019-2021, according to a government resolution drafted by state corporation Roskosmos. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019052800
China will send six to eight new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space this year, according to the tenth China Satellite Navigation Conference. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019052801
Analytical Space Inc. (ASI) is launching a technology demonstration spacecraft intended to pave the way for users on the ground to gain faster access to satellite data. The spacecraft features a patented MITRE antenna that could help enable that application, as well as government missions including tactical communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019052802
UrtheCast Corp. has been selected to receive C$2.0 million from the Canadian Space Agency’s Space Technology Development Program (STDP), in two separate agreements of C$1.0 million each, for the development of new satellite technologies. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019052803
Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b; Payload: GLONASS-M block 55S (S6) Uragan-M No. 758; Date: 27 May 2019, 0623 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. All pre-launch operations and the launch itself proceeded as planned. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019052700
A Proton-M with the Yamal-601 communications satellite on board will be rolled out on a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 27 May. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019052701
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 60 Starlink satellites; Date: 24 May 2019, 0230 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Approximately one hour and two minutes after lift-off, the Starlink satellites were deployed at an altitude of 440 km. They then used onboard propulsion to reach an operational altitude of 550 km. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019052600