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Ball Aerospace successfully tests small Landsat instruments – Satellite News Digest

In partnership with NASA, Ball Aerospace is demonstrating the operational Landsat programme’s next generation technology, having successfully completed the final airborne science flights of two NASA Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) instruments – the Reduced Envelope Multispectral Imager – Airborne (REMI-AB) and the Compact Hyperspectral Prism Spectrometer – Airborne (CHPS-AB). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020081802

Northrop Grumman tests 1st GEM 63XL motor – Satellite News Digest

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) conducted its first ground test of an extended length 1.6-m diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63XL) in Promontory, Utah. This variation of the company’s GEM 63 strap-on booster was developed in partnership with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to provide additional lift capability to the Vulcan Centaur vehicle. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020081600

Ariane 5 takes off with three payloads on flight VA253 – Satellite News Digest

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Galaxy-30, MEV-2, BSAT-4b; Date: 15 August 2020, 2204 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket successfully placed three spacecraft in geostationary transfer orbit: the B-SAT-4b satellite for the Japanese operator B-SAT, the Galaxy 30 satellite for the global operator Intelsat, and MEV-2 (Mission Extension Vehicle) for Space Logistics LLC,…