News & Events

NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes, launched in August 2012, have entered the final phase in their exploration. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021801

LeoStella, a smallsat design and manufacturing company, announced the official inauguration of its production facilities in Tukwila, Wash., USA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021802

Arianespace has completed a major preparation milestone for its next Soyuz launch with integration of the mission’s payload: the initial six spacecraft in OneWeb’s constellation. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021700

RemoveDEBRIS successfully fired a harpoon on 8 February 2018 at a speed of 20 metres per second and penetrated a target made of satellite panel material. The harpoon and 1.5 metre target boom were designed by a team at Airbus in Stevenage UK. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021701

The Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications reviewed the financial results for the half-year ended 31 December 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021702

Sergei Sopov, Chief Executive Officer of Sea Launch operator S7 Space is leaving the company. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021703

The PRISMA satellite on Arianespace’s upcoming Vega mission has completed a key step in its pre-launch checkout process, which will enable this Italian Earth observation platform to be orbited in mid-March from French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021400

NanoRacks has successfully completed the company’s sixth CubeSat deployment mission from Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft. Cygnus (S.S. John Young) departed the International Space Station on 8 February 2019 and performed a number of on-orbit activities, including a NanoRacks deployment. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021401

NASA resumed RS-25 rocket engine testing for its new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with a 13 February hot fire on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The hot fire marked the first RS-25 test of the year at Stennis, continuing a series with developmental engine No. 0525…

Spanish toll road operator Abertis has agreed to sell its 89.7% stake in Hispasat to Red Eléctrica for EUR949 million (US$1.072 billion). Red Eléctrica (REE) manages Spain’s high voltage electricity transmission lines but also operates a fibre optic network in the country. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019021403