News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Europe’s first mission to Mercury will target the early morning of 19 October for launch, Arianespace and ESA announced. Lift-off is anticipated for around 0145 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072901
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has started its search for planets around nearby stars, officially beginning science operations on 25 July 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072902
SES S.A. announced financial results for the six months ending 30 June 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072903
NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has awarded a startup license to FABAEARTH, a California-based startup, for radio frequency and advanced communications technologies. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072600
Rocket: Ariane 5 ES; Payload: four Galileo satellites; Date: 27 July 2018, 1125 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane 5 deployed its four passengers during a mission lasting approximately 3 hours, 56 minutes. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072500
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Iridium NEXT 7 (10 satellites); Date: 25 July 2018, 1139 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. This was the seventh set of satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT. The satellites began deployment about an…
NASA and its mission partners are now targeting 11 August for the launch of the Parker Solar Probe mission to the Sun. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072502
Lockheed Martin reported financial results for the second quarter 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072400
Dmitry Paison, the director of Russia’s Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), which is a rocket and spacecraft scientific centre at Roskosmos, has filed an application for dismissal, Roskosmos’ press service head Vladimir Ustimenko was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072401
SSL announced the advanced high throughput satellite built for Telesat is successfully performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan. The SSL-built satellite deployed its solar arrays on schedule following its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida early Sunday morning. It began firing its main thruster…