News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The first rocket Russian company S7 Space is working on at the moment may take place in three years from now, according to the company’s chief, Sergey Sopov. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110801
The Kounotori7 unmanned Japanese cargo transporter has departed the International Space Station to return to Earth with experiment samples, a first for Japan’s space agency. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110802
Parker Solar Probe is in good condition after skimming by the Sun at just 24 million km from the solar surface. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110803
Inmarsat plc published unaudited information for the third quarter ending 30 September 2018. Shares in the satellite operator fell as much as 10% after it reported declining maritime revenue in a set of third-quarter numbers that otherwise met expectations. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110804
EchoStar Corporation announced its financial results for the three months ending 30 September 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110805
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation (JSAT) awarded Gilat a multi-million U.S. dollar project for its new mobility and fixed broadband service in Japan. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110806
China Great Wall Industry Corporation and APT Satellite have signed a letter of intent regarding the creation of the Apstar SMALL GEO Communication Satellites System based on the Dong Fang Hong-4 all-electric small GEO platform designed by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110600
The European-built Service Module (ESM) that will propel, power and cool during NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) has arrived from Germany at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday to begin final outfitting, integration and testing with the crew module and other Orion elements. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110601
The Arianespace Soyuz mission that will orbit the third and final spacecraft in EUMETSAT’s current generation polar-orbiting weather satellite programme has been authorised for launch on 7 November (UTC) from the Spaceport in French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110500
Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat; Payload: Uragan M No. 757 [GLONASS M 757]; Date: 3 November 2018, 2017 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the upper stage rocket successfully placed the navigation satellite into orbit after separating from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1b. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110400