March 2018

News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web

Small Soyuz rocket lofts experimental imaging satellite – Satellite News Digest

Rocket: Soyuz 2-1v; Payload: Kosmos 2525 (EMKA, "Experimental Small Satellite"?); Date: 29 March 2018, 1738 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. Confirmation of successful orbital insertion came 16 minutes after the evening lift-off. U.S. tracking data showed the satellite in a rather low Sun Synchronous Orbit of 316 km x 318 km x 96.64°. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018032901

JWST further delayed – Satellite News Digest

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope currently is undergoing final integration and test phases that will require more time to ensure a successful mission. After an independent assessment of remaining tasks for the highly complex space observatory, Webb’s previously revised 2019 launch window now is targeted for approximately May 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018032700

Spacecom orders Amos 8 from SSL – Satellite News Digest

Spacecom, operator of the Amos satellite fleet, announced it has chosen SSL to build its Amos-8 advanced communications satellite. The satellite will deliver broadcast, broadband and data services from Spacecom’s 4°degrees West ‘hot spot’ to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018032601