News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) announced a milestone with the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) mission. The laser communication system, carried by the two low-Earth-orbiting OCSD CubeSats also known as AeroCube-7B and Aerocube-7C, successfully transmitted data at a rate of 100 megabits per second which is 50 times greater than typical communication systems for this…
Telesat Canada announced its financial results for the three and six-month periods ending 30 June 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018080201
Russia’s Energomash Scientific and Production Association will soon begin work with the RD-191 engine to boost the capacity of the Angara-A5M heavy carrier rocket, State Space Corporation Roskosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018080100
Russia has signed a deal to sell more rocket engines to the United States despite heightened tensions between the two countries. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018080101
The first global GNSS-Reflectometry ocean wind data service has been launched by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) together with partner the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), and with support from the European Space Agency. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018080102
Eutelsat Communications reported financial results for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2018. The company also announced it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the procurement of two larger new satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018080103
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Gaofen-11; Date: 31 July 2018, 0300 UTC;Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073100
NASA and the U.S. Air Force have certified Russia’s RD-180 engines for Atlas V carrier rockets to used for manned spaceflight by U.S. astronauts, Igor Arbuzov, director general of Russia’s major rocket engine manufacturer JSC NPO Energomash, was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073101
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its "S.S. J.R. Thompson" Cygnus spacecraft successfully completed its ninth cargo supply mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073102
Intelsat S.A. announced financial results for the three months ending 30 June 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073103