News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The launch of an Ariane 5 with three spacecraft onboard was scrubbed about two minutes before the scheduled lift-off on 2130 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073100
Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Ekspress-80, Ekspress-103; Date: 30 July 2020, 2125 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Briz M upper stage released Ekspress-80 — riding in the upper position in the dual-satellite stack — at 1524 UTC on 31 July, followed by the deployment of Ekspress-103 17 minutes later. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073101
Thales Alenia Space has signed a EUR72 million first tranche contract with OHB System, prime contractor of the project, to develop the payload for the 2 satellites of the CO2M mission, as part of Europe’s Copernicus programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073102
Flight controllers for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission have returned the spacecraft to nominal flight operations. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073103
China declared the official commissioning of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) on Friday, marking the formal opening of the newly completed BDS-3 system for global users. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073104
The global space economy in 2019 grew more than US$9 billion over the previous year, reaching US$423.8 billion, according to new findings published by Space Foundation’s 2020 second-quarter issue of The Space Report. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073105
Rocket: Atlas V 541/Centaur; Payload: Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter); Date: 30 July 2020, 1150 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The Atlas V’s Centaur upper stage initially placed the Mars 2020 spacecraft into a parking orbit around Earth. The engine fired for a second time and the spacecraft…
Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation signed a contract on creating the Baiterek [also: Baitarek] launch compound for Soyuz-5 next-generation rockets at the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roskosmos reported. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073001
Eutelsat Communications and Intelsat S.A. have signed a long-term partnership agreement securing the 48° East orbital position. Eutelsat Quantum will be located at the position, where the operators both have orbital rights. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073002
Telesat announced its financial results for the three and six-month periods ending 30 June 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020073003