November 2018

Globalstar, Inc. announced its financial results for the quarter ending 30 September 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110405

Oleg Skorobogatov, the head of the commission that probed the 11 October Soyuz FG accident, said the flight was aborted because part of a sensor that indicates the separation of the stages of the rocket was damaged during assembly at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110100

The two passengers for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 flight – the GEO-KOMPSAT-2A and GSAT-11 satellites – are now in French Guiana where launch preparations are moving into a new phase for lift-off during December. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110101

On 31 October 2018, Parker Solar Probe began its first of 24 solar encounters. This period — which lasts until 11 November — is the time during which the spacecraft is within 0.25 astronomical units, or 37 million km, of the Sun’s centre. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110102

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft missed scheduled communications sessions with NASA’s Deep Space Network on 31 October and 1 November. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110103

Harris Corporation has provided Lockheed Martin with its sixth of ten advanced navigation payloads contracted for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellite programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110104

Maxar Technologies said it is actively talking with potential buyers for its geostationary communications satellite business. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110105

Telesat Canada ("Telesat") announced its financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ending 30 September 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018110106