News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The SES-12 all-electric communications satellite, built by Airbus for SES, has been shipped from the Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Toulouse, France, to Cape Canaveral, Florida. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018041202
The Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM, or CBAS, Satellite completed launch base testing last Month in preparation for the payload’s scheduled launch aboard the AFSPC-11 mission. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018041100
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s NEXT-C ion propulsion engine has successfully cleared NASA’s critical design review (CDR), confirming the technology achieved all programme requirements and is ready for final production of the flight units. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018041101
Rocket: Chang Zheng-4C; Payload: three Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites and a micro nano technology experiment satellite; Date: 10 April 2018, 0425 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018041000
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said it was considering launching and operating a communications satellite after it was passed over to build the Amos-8 satellite for Space Communications. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018041001
The ExoMars orbiter will soon begin its search for gases that may be linked to active geological or biological activity on the Red Planet. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018041002
Inmarsat has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the Prime Contractor for the new "PACIS-6" Govsatcom Precursor project. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018041003
Viasat Inc. confirmed it will not be moving forward with Eutelsat Communications on a deal for use of the ViaSat-3 satellite, due to Eutelsat’s decision to pursue a local market alternative. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018040800
Payload: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: DNS-1/Superbird-8, HYLAS 4; Date: 5 April 2018, 2254 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The satellites were successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit just under 34 minutes after lift-off. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018040500
The first nozzle of the P120 solid rocket motor common to the future European launchers has just left for the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou (French Guiana). It will be fitted to the body of the booster intended for the first firing test on the solid rocket booster test stand (BEAP). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018040501