January 2016

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

Com Dev Begins Work on Third Major Commercial Satellite – Satellite Today

[Via Satellite 01-05-2016] Com Dev International has received an order to begin work on the third satellite of a multiple-satellite contract awarded in October 2013. The contract is valued at more than CA$12 million ($8.5 million). Each of the satellites built under this contract will deliver high throughput commercial communications services. COM DEV has completed…

SSTL’s GIOVE A Satellite Reaches 10-Year Milestone – Satellite Today

GIOVE-A on Fregat upper stage. Photo: SSTL [Via Satellite 01-04-201] British small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) is marking the 10-year anniversary of in-orbit operations for its GIOVE A satellite, the pathfinder mission for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation program. SSTL designed, built and tested GIOVE A in 30 months for the European Space…

RSCC’s Express AMU1 Reaches Geostationary Orbit – Satellite Today

Artist rendition of the Express AMU1, the new Russian heavy telecoms satellite, which has been successfully translated from the geo-transfer to the geo-stationary orbit. The spacecraft solar panels have now been fully deployed. Photo: RSCC [Via Satellite 01-04-201] Following the deployment of all onboard antennas, the Russian Satellite Communications Company’s (RSCC) Express AMU1 satellite was…

India Readies to Open Space Park in Bangalore – Satellite Today

Bangalore city as viewed from a vantage near the Corporation Circle. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim [Via Satellite 01-04-201] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will be opening a 100-acre space park in Bangalore, according to reports. Private industry players will be able to use the facilities, likely to open later this month, to manufacture subsystems…