News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Following the initial institutional and commercial launch orders for Ariane 6 obtained by Arianespace since the autumn of 2017, and the resolution of the ESA Council on 17 April 2019, related to the rocket’s exploitation framework, ArianeGroup is starting to build the first series production batch of 14 Ariane 6 launchers. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050600
The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center, in partnership with the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, released a request for proposals for the purpose of competitively awarding firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contracts to two domestic launch service providers. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050601
Relativity announced that it has signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with Spacefligh to launch Spaceflight’s dedicated rideshares of small satellites, microsats, and cubesats to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket, an entirely 3D printed rocket. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050602
The EDRS-C satellite, the second node of the SpaceDataHighway network (also known as EDRS), will be launched into geostationary orbit at 31° East on 24 July 2019 by an Ariane 5 launcher. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050603
A four co-primes consortium formed by Thales Alenia Space (JV between Thales 67 %, and Leonardo 33 %) in Spain and France, and Airbus in Spain and France, has been selected by Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos S.A. (Spanish Governmental Satellite Operator), for two Spainsat NG satellites for governmental communications that will replace the existing Spainsat and…
Airbus has been selected by Measat Global Berhad to build Measat-3d, a new multimission telecommunications satellite to replace capacity and augment its core business in Malaysia, Asia, Middle East and Africa. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050605
Telesat announced that the two teams it contracted with to develop system designs for Telesat’s global low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation have successfully completed the System Definition and Risk Management Phase of the programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050606
Eutelsat Communications has chosen high-performance ground infrastructure providers to operate its future KONNECT satellite and associated broadband services: General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies has been selected to offer and deploy seven antennas, while Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) will provide its JUPITER ground network system. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050607
Maxar Technologies announced that its insurance carriers have accepted the company’s US$183 million claim for loss arising from the WorldView-4 satellite on-orbit failure, and have agreed to pay the company that full amount under their insurance policies. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050608
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: CRS-17; Date: 4 May 2019, =648 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Dragon separated from Falcon 9’s second stage about 9 minutes after lift-off and will attach to the space station on Monday, May 6. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019050500