News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 10 Iridium NEXT satellites; Date: 14 January 2017, 1754 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The satellites were delivered into low-Earth orbit approximately one hour after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017011500
http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2017/01/30/analysts-examine-recent-bskyb-ott-announcement/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/01/30/north-telecom-provide-satellite-telecom-services-philippines/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2017/01/30/arianespace-successfully-delivers-hispasat-36w-1-gto-aboard-soyuz/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/01/30/251598/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2017/01/30/giglio-group-signs-new-national-agreements-m-three-satcom-division/
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1-b; Payload: Hispasat 36W-1; Date:28 January 2017, 0106 UTC; Launch Site: Sinnamary, French Guiana. The satellite separated from the Fregat upper stage 35 minutes after lift-off as planned and was deployed into geostationary transfer orbit. Contact with the spacecraft was established about 17 minutes later. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017012700
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) H-II Transport Vehicle-6 (HTV-6) has left the International Space Station. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017012701
GS Yuasa Lithium Power (GYLP), the U.S. subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corporation (GYC), and EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, jointly announced that Orbital ATK has selected EaglePicher to design and manufacture a battery with specifications to use lithium-ion cells manufactured by GS Yuasa Technology (GYT) to power the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 spacecraft. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017012702
NanoSpace AB – a subsidiary of GS Sweden AB – has received an order of Xenon flow control components from The Scientific and Technological Research Counsil of Turkey – Space Technologies Research Institute (TUBITAK UZAY) in Ankara. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017012703