News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Technical problems have been revealed in Russia’s Progress MS-13 cargo spacecraft, scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on 1 December. Although they have meanwhile been rectified, the date of the launch remains uncertain, the Russian State Space Corporation Roskosmos said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112501
Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner is now connected to the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that will launch the spacecraft on its first flight test to the International Space Station. lift-off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is targeted for 17 December. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112502
Rocket: Chang Zheng 3BGZ/YZ-1; Payload: Beidou-3M21 (Beidou-50), Beidou-3M22 (Beidou-51); Date: 23 November 2019, 0055 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The two navigation satellite were placed into approx. 21,535 km x 22,190 km x 54.99° orbits after a four-hour mission. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112400
Owing to a power supply anomaly in the ground segment of the Ariane 5 launch complex, the final chronology for Flight VA250 was stopped at 20 minutes prior to lift-off on 22 November, leading to an indefinite launch postponement. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112401
Arianespace and Malaysian satellite operator Measat Global Berhad (Measat) has announced the signature of a launch services contract for Measat-3d. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112402
The construction of the second stage of Vostochny spaceport goes ahead according to the schedule, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, said at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112403
Airbus said it is celebrating 50 years of providing global secure military satellite communications to the UK Ministry of Defence with the 50th anniversary of the first Skynet satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112404
The next Arianespace Ariane 5 flight has been authorised for lift-off on 22 November following a launch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112100
ISRO said the launch of its Earth-imaging and mapping satellite Cartosat-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the US, has been rescheduled to 27 November (UTC). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112101
ESA, Arianespace, and respective industrial prime contractors ArianeGroup and Avio signed protocols on the Launchers Exploitation Phase for Ariane 6 and Vega-C. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019112102