News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The second satellite in the European Data Relay System has reached its intended orbit at 31.2 degrees East and completed its in-orbit tests. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012301
Astroscale Holdings Inc. announced it has been awarded a grant of up to US$4.5 million from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s "Innovation Tokyo Project" to build a roadmap for commercialising active debris removal (ADR) services. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012302
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has agreed to collaborate with Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) on data utilisation of Earth observation satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012303
Russian rocket engine manufacturer NPO Energomash plans to ship six RD-180 rocket engines to the United States this year, government procurement website data shows. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012200
GHGSat announced a new service for visualising greenhouse gas emissions. The interactive, online resource will be freely available and will be formally launched during COP26 in November 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012201
The European Union announced EUR200 million (US$222 million) of funding for the Ariane 6 rocket launcher and for small and medium-sized space technology companies. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012202
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. announced the execution of a Launch Services Agreement with Innovative Space Logistics BV (ISILAUNCH), a launch services subsidiary of Netherlands based ISIS – Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISISPACE). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012100
Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation will make an Angosat-2 telecommunications satellite for Angola by the end of 2021 to replace its predecessor Angosat-1 that is out of operation, Deputy Head of the State Space Corporation Roskosmos for Relations with State Authorities Sergei Dubik was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012101
Capella Space, an information services company providing Earth observation data on demand, unveiled its evolved satellite design to enable on-demand observations of anywhere on Earth. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012102
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has provided consultation for Qualcomm towards enabling NavIC capability in their Snapdragon mobile chipset platforms. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012103