January 2018

http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2018/01/09/rumors-swirl-failure-classified-zuma-mission/

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Zuma; Date: 8 January 2018, 0100 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The payload’s owner and the spacecraft’s purpose are unknown. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018010800

Orbital ATK has been awarded a contract by Intelsat to build the Galaxy 30 communications satellite. The satellite will be based on Orbital ATK’s GEOStar-2 satellite platform. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018010801

With the emergence of the next-generation GOES-16 as the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new GOES-East satellite, GOES-13, which held the position since April 2010, was powered down on 8 January 2018. It can be reactivated if one of NOAA’s other operational or backup satellites experiences trouble. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018010802

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/01/08/2017-proves-potential-connected-helicopter-satellite/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/government/2018/01/08/us-air-force-might-disband-new-space-directorate/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/01/08/intelsat-selects-orbital-atk-build-galaxy-30-satellite/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2018/01/08/star-tracking-algorithm-wins-top-prize-smallsat-conference/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2018/01/08/globecast-extends-ses-partnership-services-orange-romania/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadcasting/2018/01/08/5-predictions-ott-market-2018/