News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Rocket: Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat; Payload: EgyptSat-A; Date: 22 February 2019, 1647 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission was declared a success despite reports about possible problems during the last phases of the flight (third or upper stage). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019022200
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Nusantara Satu [PSN 6], S5, Beresheet; Date: 22 February 2019, 0145 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral, USA. All three satellites were successfully released into geostationary transfer orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019022201
ArianeGroup CEO André-Hubert Roussel and CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create an acceleration platform dedicated to the preparation of future launchers to be called ArianeWorks. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019022202
Japan’s space probe Hayabusa2 successfully landed on the asteroid Ryugu on the morning of 22 February, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said. The Hayabusa2 mission, with a price tag of around ¥30 billion (US$270 million), was launched in December 2014 and is scheduled to return to Earth with its samples in 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019022203
KBR, Inc. announced that its global government services business, KBRwyle, has been awarded a US$19 million contract by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to support flight operations for its Landsat 7 satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019022204
Airbus’ Friedrichshafen site has opened its satellite integration and space technology centre known as the Integrated Technology Centre (ITC). The ITC, which triples the area of clean room space to 4,200 m², is dedicated to building satellites, probes, space instruments and experimental technologies. The centre took only two years to build at a total cost…
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and United Launch Alliance will split six military space launches, as the Pentagon and Air Force announced results of the latest competition between the U.S. national security launch providers. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019022000
A new experimental type of deep space communications technology is scheduled to be demonstrated on the International Space Station this spring. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019022001
Es’hailSat and BridgeSat announced a strategic relationship that will provide businesses and governments across the Middle East with access to laser-based satellite broadband services. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021900
The prelaunch processing of the integrated launch vehicle with the Egyptsat-A satellite has begun at Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Soyuz-2 launch vehicle with Fregat upper stage was installed on the launch pad at Site 31 of Baikonur Cosmodrome. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021800