News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved U.S. Air Force Space Command operational acceptance. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091301
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket is in final preparations to launch NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) spacecraft from Space Launch Complex-2 on 15 September between 1246 and 1520 UTC. This marks the final launch of the Delta II rocket, which first launched on 14 February 1989. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091200
Due to an unfavourable weather forecast for the launch day, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have postponed the launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 7 (H-IIB F7) which carries aboard the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091201
Arianespace announced that it will orbit THEOS-2, the very-high-resolution Earth observation optical satellite for Thailand, under the terms of a turnkey contract between Airbus Defence and Space and the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency of Thailand (GISTDA). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091202
MDA announced it has signed two multi-million dollar contracts with Airbus. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091203
Yahsat and Hughes Network Systems announced an agreement to enter into a joint venture to provide commercial Ka-band satellite broadband services across Africa, the Middle East and southwest Asia. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091204
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have postponed the launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 7 (H-IIB F7) which carries aboard the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7), the cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS) from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091100
An official ceremony marking the launch of a new integration and test facility took place at ISS-Reshetnev Company on 8 September 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091101
MDA announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) for a one-year maritime surveillance programme that includes the delivery of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data products from the Radarsat-2 satellite, using MDA’s global network of ground receiving stations. The contract includes two additional option years. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091102
Hispasat and Thales Alenia Space announced that they are jointly preparing a stratospheric balloon demonstration for 4G/5G telecom applications. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018091103