News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Rocket: SS 520 No. 5; Payload: TRICOM 1R; Date: 3 February 2018, 0503 UTC; Launch site: Uchinoura Space Center, Japan. The rocket about the size of a utility pole, measuring 10 meters in length and 50 centimeters in diameter, delivered its payload to its intended orbit, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018020401
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have cleared a significant milestone toward the first crewed flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) with the latest successful test firing of an RS-25 engine, which powers the heavy-lift rocket’s first stage. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018020402
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the project "Study on Launch Service Making Use of a Microlauncher" to the Spanish company PLD Space. The microlauncher study, a part of the ESA’s Future Launcher Preparatory Programme, will refine the definition of the European small satellite launcher project proposed by PLD Space, named ARION 2. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018020403
New data regarding IMAGE provides some additional — though not yet complete — information on how the spacecraft began to transmit signals again. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018020404
The Boeing Company reported fourth-quarter financial results. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018020405
NSR’s industry-first In-Orbit Servicing Markets (IoSM) report finds the nascent in-orbit servicing market poised for growth, and forecasts a total market of over US$3 billion in the next 10 years. Life extension services drive most of this revenue, as many in-orbit service providers plan to enter the market in the next five years servicing commercial…
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http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/02/02/sstl-pens-earth-observation-data-deal-21at/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/government/2018/02/02/ssl-studies-next-generation-space-architectures-us-air-force/