News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Russian space corporation Roskosmos is set to help S7 Group in the development of the Sea Launch project after the tragic death of the company’s co-owner Natalya Fileva, Roskosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040301
India declined to comment on a statement by a U.S. space official that India’s recent test of an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon created debris that could threaten the International Space Station. According to an expert, there are currently no usable data portraying the ASAT test. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040302
The European Data Relay System (EDRS)–dubbed the "SpaceDataHighway" by its private operator, Airbus–has passed another milestone. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040303
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said that India’s recent ASAT test has created 400 pieces of orbital debris, some of which could endanger the International Space Station. Also, a report claims that the test was preceded by another one in February, which however failed. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040200
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems (OSS) have been awarded UK National Space Technology Programme funding to develop an innovative and stowage-efficient Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040201
Effective today, Aireon, the first ever real-time, global air traffic surveillance system, is fully operational and in trial use over the North Atlantic. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040202
C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. announced its first successful integration with Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite tracking capabilities. The test was completed with the C-COM iNetVu FLY-981 Ku-band antenna and with Kepler Communications’ first in orbit LEO satellites, KIPP and CASE. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040203
Telesat announced that PT iForte Solusi Infotek (iForte), a provider of USO (Universal Service Obligation) VSAT services in Indonesia, has signed major contracts for Ku-band HTS and C-band capacity on Telesat’s new Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040204
Rocket: PSLV-C45; Payload: EMISAT, 28 piggyback satellites; Date: 1 April 2019, 0357 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, India. The rocket injected India’s EMISAT into a 748 km sun-synchronous polar orbit, 17 minutes and 12 seconds after lift-off. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040100
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Airbus have signed a contract for SSC ground segment support services to the new Pléiades Neo constellation of very high resolution Earth observation satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2019040101