October 2018

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

China launches reconsat duo – Satellite News Digest

Rocket: Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S; Payload: two Yaogan-32 reconnaissance satellites (Yaogan Weixing-32 Group-1); Date: 10 October 2018, 0243 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China. Success of the launch was confirmed within 40 minutes by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018101000

ELSA-d to fly on Soyuz – Satellite News Digest

Japan’s ELSA-d satellite intended to demonstrate the project of capturing and removing space junk from orbit is expected to be launched aboard a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket from the Baikonur spaceport in early 2020, the Glavkosmos Launch Services operator said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018100900

TAS to build GNSS ground station on La Reunion – Satellite News Digest

Thales Alenia Space has won a contract from the European Commission to develop and build an operational ground station on La Reunion Island to track Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellites in medium Earth orbit (MEO). The contract includes one MEOLUT (Medium Orbit Local User Terminal), engineering support and maintenance services for one year, and…