News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Iridium Communications Inc. announced that its first Iridium NEXT satellites have completed assembly and testing, and are now prepared for shipment to the launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061503
http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/06/15/iridium-next-production-reach-one-satellite-per-week-first-launch-nears/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/15/jaxa-leaders-take-pay-cut-loss-hitomi-x-ray-satellite/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/15/234775/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/15/panasonic-avionics-selects-arqiva-provide-flight-wi-fi/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/06/15/eutelsat-broadcast-manoto-tv-high-definition/
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its thirty sixth flight (PSLV-C34), will launch the 727.5 kg Cartosat-2C satellite for Earth observation and 19 co-passenger satellites with a total mass of about 560 kg at lift-off into a 505 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061400
The fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy was recently encapsulated in its protective launch vehicle fairing. It is scheduled to launch 24 June between 1430 and 1514 UTC aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061401
The multipurpose Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission recently arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The forthcoming International Space Station (ISS) payload was transported from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, aboard a climate-controlled, air-suspension truck. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061402
Orbital ATK, Inc. announced that the "S.S. Rick Husband" Cygnus spacecraft successfully departed from the International Space Station, completing an 81-day stay at the orbiting laboratory. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016061403