News & Events

The Shetland Space Centre announced a major partnership with ArianeGroup. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019020302

Arianespace’s year-opening Ariane 5 flight, which is designated Flight VA247, has been authorised for lift-off on 5 February following a launch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019020303

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Telesat and Blue Origin have signed a multi-launch agreement that paves the way for the New Glenn rocket to play a key role in Telesat’s deployment of its global LEO satellite constellation. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019013100

Following routine checks for the upcoming OneWeb launch, Arianespace informed OneWeb of technical issue on the Fregat upper stage of the Soyuz launcher. The Fregat stage has been placed in safe configuration, enabling Arianespace to conduct additional testing. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019013101

NanoRacks said it successfully completed the 15th CubeSat Deployment mission from the company’s commercially developed platform on the International Space Station. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019013102

Telesat and Loon, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced they have entered into an agreement under which Loon will deliver a network operating system design that Telesat can use to support its global low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019013103

China is going to send more than 50 spacecraft into space via over 30 launches this year, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The major missions include the third Chang Zheng-5 large carrier rocket to be launched in July, said Yang Baohua, vice president of the CASC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019013000

SSL announced it has exercised its right to terminate participation in the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) programme, a public-private partnership with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019013001

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the fourth-quarter 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019013002