News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Maxar Technologies announced it has closed the sale of MDA, previously a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, to a consortium of investors led by Northern Private Capital for C$1 billion. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040903
The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has decided to reschedule the launch of GPS III SV03 (GPS III-3) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to minimise the potential of COVID-19 exposure to the launch crew and early-orbit operators. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040800
Currently it seems to be easier to list all rocket launches that are still going ahead as planned rather than list all cancellations. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040801
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of California, marking the end of the company’s 20th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040802
Twenty years ago, the ISS-Reshetnev-built telecommunications satellite SESAT [aka Eutelsat 16C] was launched. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040803
The launch of India’s GISAT Earth observing satellite remains on indefinite hold, now due to the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040700
Boeing said it will repeat a test flight of its Starliner spacecraft after several major issues occurred during the first attempt. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040701
China is expected to launch the last satellite for its BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System in May from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040600
China has been testing high-tech parachutes to control rocket debris and make space launches safer, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040601
China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project in mid to late April, with one satellite named after its birthplace Wuhan, according to the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040500