January 2020

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

ExoMars Rover completes environmental tests – Satellite News Digest

The Rosalind Franklin rover of the joint ESA-Roskosmos ExoMars mission completed a series of environmental tests at the end of 2019 at Airbus, Toulouse, France. This included final thermal and vacuum tests where the Rover is heated and cooled to simulate the temperatures of its journey through space and on the surface of Mars. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020011605

Science instruments integrated with Landsat 9 – Satellite News Digest

Landsat 9’s two science instruments are now attached to the spacecraft, bringing the mission one step closer to launch. In late December, the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2) were both mechanically integrated on to the spacecraft bus at Northrop Grumman in Gilbert, Arizona. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020011502