April 2017

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/04/13/planet-farmshots-offer-trial-john-deere-operations-center/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/04/13/quintech-secures-order-l-band-matrix-switch-distribution-equipment/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/04/13/vectron-adds-furuno-gnss-timing-products-portfolio/

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/G2; Payload: Shijian-13 [SJ-13, Chinasat-16]; Date: 12 April 2017, 1104 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The country’s first high throughput satellite was deployed into geostationary transfer orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017041200

Russia plans to hold two launches from its newest Vostochny space centre in the Far East this December, the head of the Roskosmos space corporation told the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017041201

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has entered a hibernation phase on 7 April that will last until early September. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017041202

Raytheon has completed an upgrade and final testing of the data transport and processing system for the Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System which provides weather and environmental data used by NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Defense and the agencies’ international partners. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017041203

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI), designed and built by Ball Aerospace for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is entering its fourth year of service. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017041204

http://www.satellitetoday.com/government/2017/04/12/nasa-leaders-direction-agency/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/nextspace/2017/04/12/thuraya-allies-else-startup/