News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has successfully completed the purchase of SATCOM Technologies, the antenna systems business of General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060702
Euroconsult said that commercialisation is driving both growth and technology advances in the Chinese space sector, with oversubscribed IPOs and a wave of private investment. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060703
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 60 Starlink satellites; Date: 4 June 2020, 0125 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Video showed the Starlink cluster deploying roughly 15 minutes after lift-off. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060400
China plans to launch its first Mars probe between July and August this year, aiming to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission, an expert said in a recent interview with the state broadcaster CCTV. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060401
A launch pad for Russia’s advanced Angara Rocket will be sent to the Vostochny space centre in Russia’s Far East in July via the Northern Sea Route, the Center For Operation Of Ground Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI) said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060402
AAC Clyde Space has been selected to develop a new solar panel for Moog’s new Small Launch Orbital Manoeuvring Vehicle (SL-OMV), a space tug designed to deploy Cubesat constellations and guide small satellites to their final orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060403
The 54th and penultimate satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has started operation in the network after completing in-orbit tests and network access evaluations, according to a statement from China’s Satellite Navigation System Management Office. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060404
Telesat and Telefónica International Wholesale Services (TIWS), the international wholesale services provider of the Telefónica Group, have completed live in-orbit testing across a wide range of applications on Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Phase 1 satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060405
Intelsat S.A. announced financial results for the three months ending 31 March 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060406
As part of its ongoing Simplify & Amplify transformation programme, SES announced that it plans to restructure its operations worldwide, including the consolidation of part of its European regional operations into the company’s global headquarters in Betzdorf, Luxembourg. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020060300