News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has detected systemic legal violations in the work of State Space Corporation, Roskosmos, between 2017 and the first half of 2018. In total, 1,700 violations had been revealed, Official Spokesman Alexander Kurennoy said, adding that 16 criminal cases had been launched. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112802
For its 10th launch of 2018, the sixth of the year using an Ariane 5 vehicle, Arianespace will orbit GSAT-11 for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and GEO-KOMPSAT-2A for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112700
NASA’s InSight has sent signals to Earth indicating that its solar panels are open and collecting sunlight on the Martian surface. NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter relayed the signals. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112701
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to Telesat under which Telesat will undertake investigations that could lead to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) making greater use of commercial low Earth orbit satellite constellations, such as Telesat’s LEO system, for DoD’s future space-based communications. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112702
Airbus SE and Safran have proposed to the Board of Directors of ArianeGroup Andre-Hubert Roussel, 53, currently Head of Operations at Airbus Defence and Space, to succeed Alain Charmeau, 62, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ArianeGroup, effective 1 January 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112703
The NASA InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission landed on Mars at 1953 UTC on 26 November 2018 after an almost seven-month, 458-million kilometer journey from Earth. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112600
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has announced that it is designing a low cost 35-kg lunar communications satellite mission called DoT-4, targeted for a 2021 launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112601
The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) analysed the risks that launch delays pose to large satellite constellations in a policy paper, Launch Uncertainty: Implications for Large Constellations. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112602
The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, will target 15 October to 14 November 2019 for launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112500
NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft is on track for a soft touchdown on the surface of the Red Planet on 26 November. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018112501