August 2016

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/08/08/general-dynamics-adds-hf-capability-digital-modular-radio/

Globalstar, Inc. announced its financial results for the quarter ending 30 June 2016. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080505

Surrey Satellite Technology announced the expansion of its low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite platform product capability with an extended nanosatellite offering. This follows the recent announcement by Surrey of its contract award for the VESTA nanosatellite mission. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080504

The PerúSAT-1 satellite, designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space for the Peruvian Space Agency (CONIDA), is on its way to the European Space Port in Kourou (French Guiana). In the upcoming weeks the engineers are going to prepare the satellite for its lift-off on a Vega launcher scheduled for 16 September 2016 at…

Thales Alenia Space and Orbital ATK have completed assembly of the first two Iridium NEXT satellites at Orbital ATK’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona, since June, and have now shipped them to Vandenberg Air Force Base for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080502

Two Chang Zheng 2F launch vehicles which will send China’s space lab Tiangong-2 and Shenzhou 11 spacecraft into space later this year started its transportation to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 3 August. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080501

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/G2; Payload: Tiantong-1; Date: 5 August 2016, 1622 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was placed into geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after lift-off. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080500

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/08/05/eshailsats-al-kuwari-4k-future-satellites-remote-sensing/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/08/05/bein-teams-technicolor-4k-mena/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/08/05/terra-bellas-skysat-3-green-propulsion-system-declared-operational/