News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The joint NASA and Boeing Independent Review Team formed following the anomalies during the company’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test as a part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program has completed its initial investigation. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031003
Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/G2; Payload: Beidou-3G2Q; Date: 9 March 2020, 1155 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The rocket delivered the navigation satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. China’s state media declared the launch a success. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030900
Rocket Lab has announced that its next mission will deploy payloads for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030901
Momentus said it has purchased rides on six SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program missions, including five launches to Sun-Synchronous orbit (SSO) and one to mid-inclined low Earth orbit, which Momentus will use to allow its customers access to custom drop-off altitudes and orbits in space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030902
L3Harris Technologies has introduced a new small satellite reflector antenna that will help decrease the size, mass and overall time to produce smallsats. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030903
Hughes Network Systems, LLC and OneWeb announced that Hughes has become a world-wide distribution partner for OneWeb. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030904
ST Engineering iDirect, a company of ST Engineering North America, introduced its Mx-DMA MRC (multi-resolution coding) technology, which according to the company unites SCPC (single carrier per channel) efficiency and TDMA (time-division multiple access) scalability. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030905
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon CRS-20; Date: 6 March 2020, 1850 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The Dragon capsule separated from Falcon 9’s second stage about nine minutes after lift-off and will attach to the space station on Monday, 9 March. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030800
Almost all Arianespace staff have reportedly left the Kourou space centre in French Guiana after several cases of the new coronavirus-related disease have been identified in a community nearby. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030801
SpaceLogistics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as its commercial partner for the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020030802