News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
NASA has recovered the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument, which suspended operations on 29 February (UTC). The final tests were conducted and the instrument was brought back to its operational mode on 6 March. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030701
China announced that the country’s new solid rocket booster, with 200-tonne thrust engine, completed hot firing tests, proving its readiness for commercial launches. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030600
The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, Smile, has been given the green light for implementation by ESA’s Science Programme Committee. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030601
ISS-Reshetnev Company for the first time will manufacture a reflector for a European company as part of a commercial telecommunications satellite project. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030602
On 27 February, the first six satellites of OneWeb’s constellation were successfully launched on a Soyuz rocket. These 6 satellites form part of a constellation to be made up initially by 648 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, possibly building up to over 900. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030500
2Operate and GomSpace, together with Aarhus University, are working together within the MegaMan project, funded by Innovation Fund Denmark, to evaluate how existing telecom standards and existing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions developed for the terrestrial telecom sector can be leveraged to manage future satellite constellations robustly and efficiently. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030501
D-Orbit S.p.A., an Italian service provider of the New Space sector, signed a multi-year framework agreement with US-based launch operator Firefly Aerospace Inc. (Firefly) to purchase launch capacity of the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030400
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon Demo 1; Date: 2 March 2019, 0749 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA. The Dragon 2 (aka Crew Dragon) capsule docket with the International Space Station on 3 February. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030300
Eutelsat Communications announced he successful mating of the platform and payload of the KONNECT satellite, conducted this week at Thales Alenia Space’s facilities in Cannes. This operation is a major step in the construction of the satellite, in preparation for its launch by the end of this year. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030301
Telesat Canada announced its financial results for the three-month and one-year periods ended 31 December 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019030302