October 2018

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

China’s navsat constellation keeps growing – Satellite News Digest

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/YZ1; Payload: Beidou-3M15, Beidou-3M16 [Beidou-39, Beidou-40]; Date: 15 October 2018, 0423 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) confirmed the mission to be a success four hours later, following direct insertion of the satellites into their intended medium Earth orbits (MEO). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018101500

TAS to build GNSS ground station for NOAA – Satellite News Digest

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in United States has chosen Thales to develop and build an operational ground station in the southwest part of the country, at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, to track Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellites operating in medium Earth orbit (MEO). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018101503

QuikSCAT shut off – Satellite News Digest

Launched in June 1999 for an intended two-year mission, NASA’s SeaWinds scatterometer instrument on the QuikSCAT spacecraft was turned off on 2 October in accordance with its end-of-mission plan. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018101402