News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The P120C was successfully tested on 16 July in Kourou, French Guiana, on the BEAP test bench for solid rocket motors, operated by the French space agency CNES. This successful test of the first P120C ever produced is a major step in the development of the future European launchers, Ariane 6 and Vega-C. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071600
NanoRacks on 15 July successfully deployed six CubeSats from the company’s CubeSat deployer mounted on the outside of the Cygnus spacecraft. This brings the overall count to 223 small satellites deployed into low-Earth orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071601
The UK Space Agency has selected Lockheed Martin to help implement its vision for the UK Spaceflight Programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071602
NASA awarded Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and Services business US$59 million for additional work on NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System project. The changes are necessary to launch America’s next polar satellite, JPSS-2, in 2021. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071603
Europe’s next Galileo satellites have been put in place on top of the Ariane 5 launcher due to lift them from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 25 July. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071500
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced a launch date for the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 7 (H-IIB F7) which carries aboard the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI7" (HTV7), the cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071501
A high thrust version of the Vikas Engine was successfully qualified through a ground test for a duration of 195 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamilnadu. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071502
NanoRacks successfully completed the 14th CubeSat Deployment mission from the company’s commercially developed platform on the International Space Station. Having released nine CubeSats into low-Earth orbit, this mission marks NanoRacks’ 185th CubeSat released from the Space Station, and 217th small satellite deployed by NanoRacks overall. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071503
Northrop Grumman chairman and chief executive officer Wes Bush announced that he will step down from the position of chief executive officer effective 1 January 2019. He will remain chairman through July 2019. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018071504
The production line for the P120C solid propellant booster nozzles was inaugurated on the ArianeGroup site at Le Haillan, near Bordeaux, France. This 1,600 m² unit, christened B-Line, is designed to produce up to 35 nozzles per year for the P120C solid propellant booster, an output that is three times higher than that of the…