News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Australian based company LatConnect 60 has has announced a global space partnership to build and deploy an Earth observation satellite constellation. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070701
Telespazio UK, a subsidiary of Telespazio, has been awarded a European Space Agency (ESA) contract to further develop a tool to automate quality assurance analysis of Satellite-based Earth Observation data products. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070702
Viasat Inc. announced the availability of high-speed Internet service for residential customers in Brazil. Viasat expects to be the only satellite Internet service provider (ISP) that will be capable of making high-speed Internet available in 100% of the country, upon completion of the residential launch rollout. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070703
Rocket: Shavit 2; Payload: Ofek 16; Date: 6 July 2020, 0100 UTC; Launch site: Palmachim air base, Israel. The launch was successful, according to Israel Ministry of Defense (ImoD), which said that Ofek 16 is an electro-optical reconnaissance satellite with advanced capabilities. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070600
The satellite launched aboard a Chang Zheng 2D on 4 July has the designation Shiyan-6 02, according to Jonathan McDowell of Jonathan’s Space Report. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070601
NASA has awarded the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) Spacecraft contract to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) Group of San Diego, California. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070602
Rocket Lab said that during the botched flight of its Electron rocket an "issue occurred approximately four minutes into the flight on July 4, 2020 and resulted in the safe loss of the vehicle. As a result, the payloads onboard Electron were not deployed to orbit." http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070500
Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: Shiyan 6; Date: 4 July 2020, 2344 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070501
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B (Y43); Payload: Gaofen, Xibaipo (BY 70-2); Date: 3 July 2020, 0310 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellites were deployed into approx. 630 km x 648 km x 98.02 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070502
Following the financial commitment from ESA Member States at last November’s Council at Ministerial Level Space19+, ESA’s industrial policy committee has approved contracts totalling EUR2.55 billion to forward the development of six new Copernicus satellite missions, each mission comprising two satellites, a development and a recurrent unit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070503