News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of California, marking the end of the company’s 20th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040802
Twenty years ago, the ISS-Reshetnev-built telecommunications satellite SESAT [aka Eutelsat 16C] was launched. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040803
The launch of India’s GISAT Earth observing satellite remains on indefinite hold, now due to the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040700
Boeing said it will repeat a test flight of its Starliner spacecraft after several major issues occurred during the first attempt. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040701
China is expected to launch the last satellite for its BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System in May from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040600
China has been testing high-tech parachutes to control rocket debris and make space launches safer, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040601
China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project in mid to late April, with one satellite named after its birthplace Wuhan, according to the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040500
Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group (HKATG) announced it aims to launch the "Golden Bauhinia No.1" low-orbit satellite in June from China. The company said the planned launch marks an important milestone in its "Golden Bauhinia" space remote sensing project. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040501
In a several-hour operation of the Canadian robotic arm of the International Space Station ISS, the Bartolomeo platform, developed and built at Airbus in Bremen, was assembled at the European space laboratory Columbus. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040502
Specialists of the Khrunichev Space Center expect to complete the trials of the Nauka multi-functional laboratory module in May, Head of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040200