January 2020

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

Skylo emerges from stealth mode – Satellite News Digest

Skylo announced that the company has emerged from stealth mode with US$116 million in total funding. The company previously raised US$13 million in a Series A round that was co-led by DCM and Innovation Endeavors, and joined by Moore Strategic Ventures. The new Series B round raised US$103 million, led by SoftBank Group and joined…

Rocket Lab to launch U.S. spy satellite – Satellite News Digest

Rocket Lab has announced that it will launch a dedicated mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The launch window is scheduled to open on 31 January NZDT (UTC +9:30 hours) and the mission, called ‘Birds of a Feather,’ will lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012001

GSAT-30 arrives in final orbit – Satellite News Digest

After the injection of GSAT-30 communication satellite into an elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) on 17 January 2020, all the three orbit raising manoeuvres have been completed successfully as planned using the satellite’s propulsion system. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020012002

Solar array failed on Eutelsat 5WB; capacity halved – Satellite News Digest

On 24 October 2019, Eutelsat announced an investigation into a malfunction on one of the two solar arrays on its Eutelsat 5 West B satellite. Pursuant to this investigation, the loss of the satellite’s South solar array has been confirmed. With the exception of the South solar array, the satellite performance remains nominal. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020011900