News & Events

News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web

Head of TsNIIMash resigns amid spy scandal – Satellite News Digest

Dmitry Paison, the director of Russia’s Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), which is a rocket and spacecraft scientific centre at Roskosmos, has filed an application for dismissal, Roskosmos’ press service head Vladimir Ustimenko was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072401

Update: Falcon 9 launches Telstar 19V for Telesat – Satellite News Digest

SSL announced the advanced high throughput satellite built for Telesat is successfully performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan. The SSL-built satellite deployed its solar arrays on schedule following its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida early Sunday morning. It began firing its main thruster…

Russia begins work on Soyuz-5 – Satellite News Digest

Russia has begun work on a new Soyuz-5 carrier rocket, chief of Russia’s state space corporation Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying. The process would "mobilise all space industry, refresh it and utilise our strong development and production capabilities." http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072301