August 2016

After delivering almost 2,250 kg of supplies, experiments and equipment – including a docking adapter for future U.S. commercial crew spacecraft – a SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is set to leave the International Space Station on 26 August. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016082201

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from OHB System AG to supply the space inertial reference system for Germany’s SARah satellite-based radar reconnaissance system. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016082202

http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2016/08/22/sky-deutschland-launches-ultra-hd-pair-channels-ses/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2016/08/22/ula-orbits-second-set-gssap-satellites-us-air-force/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/nextspace/2016/08/22/rocket-lab-completes-launch-platform-new-zealand-launch-site/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/08/22/gee-emc-wins-nakilat-vsat-contract/

Rocket: Delta IV Medium+ (4,2); Payload: GSSAP-3, GSSAP-4; Date: 19 August 2016, 0452 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The two Orbital ATK-built satellites were successfully deployed following their launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016081900

Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed additional testing of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 development engine 0528, at NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016081901

The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites were recently tasked to support the U.S. Navy’s ongoing Mobile User Objective System-5 anomaly effort after the satellite failed to reach its target geosynchronous orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016081902

An ESA tracking station has acquired signals from the international Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, across more than 1.4 billion km of space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016081903