News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b; Payload: Lotos-S1 [Kosmos 2528]; Date: 25 October 2018, 0015 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The launch of the rocket and the deployment of the spacecraft into the calculated orbit took place in the normal mode, Roskosmos said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102500
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Haiyang-2B [HY-2B]; Date: 24 October 2018, 2257 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. Officials said the launch was successful. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102501
Viasat Inc. announced it selected SpaceX to launch one of its ViaSat-3 satellite missions. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102502
Iridium Communications Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102503
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced its key role in the first-ever demonstration of an in-flight aircraft communicating at broadband speeds with a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite system. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102504
NASA and Northrop Grumman have once again delayed the launch of the agency’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, to conduct further pre-launch testing on the Pegasus rocket. Upon completion of the testing, a new launch date will be established. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102400
Oneweb is reportedly relinquishing its majority stake in a joint venture with Russia’s Gonets after objections from Moscow, citing security concerns. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102401
The Boeing Company reported third-quarter financial results. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102402
Lockheed Martin reported third quarter 2018 financial results. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018102403
NASAA is optimistic that a backup gyroscope (gyro) can be used to operate the Hubble Space Telescope. The backup gyro was turned on after the spacecraft entered safe mode due to a failed gyro on 5 October but was incorrectly returning extremely high rotation rates. The rotation rates have since reduced and are now within…