September 2016

Airbus Defence and Space and Neumann Space, an Australian Space technology company, have signed the very first agreement for a hosted payload aboard the new Bartolomeo platform of the International Space Station (ISS). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016092901

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/09/29/spacecom-seeking-placeholder-satellite-building-new-amos-6/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/nextspace/2016/09/29/firefly-alpha-rocket-combustor-completes-full-mission-duty-cycle-test/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/nextspace/2016/09/29/nanoracks-deploy-removedebris-mission-iss-2017/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/09/29/gogo-wins-air-france-klm-connectivity-deal/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/09/29/novelsat-releases-new-novelnet-satellite-network-management-system/

The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s eighth mission of 2016 is now fully assembled following this week’s integration of its two satellite passengers at the Spaceport in French Guiana. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016092800

United Launch Alliance (ULA) and the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to begin the certification process for the company’s new Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016092801

Harris Corporation’s fourth Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has completed a pre-ship review with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016092802

e2v has been awarded a contract by Leonardo-Finmeccanica for the supply of customised Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensors for their Multi-viewing, Multi-channel, Multi-polarisation Imager (3MI), an instrument for a series of weather and climate monitoring satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016092803