News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. plans to build a global real-time communications satellite network by 2020, a senior company executive said. Sun Weigang, chief engineer at CASC, said the Hongyan satellite system will be composed of 60 small satellites operating in low orbits and 20 ground stations around the world. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016121503
http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/12/15/setbacks-aside-land-based-mobility-offers-18-1-billion-revenue-potential/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/12/15/kratos-defense-security-solutions-appoints-kevin-walden-cio/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2016/12/15/ukrkosmos-selects-harmonic-video-compression-solution-grow-channels/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/12/15/spaceflight-industries-unveils-imagery-analysis-platform/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2016/12/15/discovery-networks-germany-taps-mx1-hd-channels/
The CYGNSS launch planned for Wednesday, 14 December was delayed one day due to an issue with flight parameter data used by spacecraft software. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016121400
Final integration has begun for Arianespace’s year-ending Ariane 5 mission as the Star One D1 and JCSAT-15 satellites are installed on the heavy-lift launcher for lift-off from the Spaceport in French Guiana on 21 December. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016121401
Thales Alenia Space Spain has delivered the second of three panels used to mount the Observation Data Communication Subsystem (ODCS) on GEO-KOMPSAT-2 satellites being built by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016121402
EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has chosen Thales Alenia Space to provide a key subassembly in the ground segment for the Eumetsat Polar System – Second Generation (EPS-SG), comprising data acquisition, processing and product generation for the polar-orbit meteorological satellites Metop SG-A et Metop SG-B. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016121403