News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group (HKATG) announced it aims to launch the "Golden Bauhinia No.1" low-orbit satellite in June from China. The company said the planned launch marks an important milestone in its "Golden Bauhinia" space remote sensing project. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040501
In a several-hour operation of the Canadian robotic arm of the International Space Station ISS, the Bartolomeo platform, developed and built at Airbus in Bremen, was assembled at the European space laboratory Columbus. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040502
Specialists of the Khrunichev Space Center expect to complete the trials of the Nauka multi-functional laboratory module in May, Head of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040200
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a US$23 million contract to modernise and sustain critical space infrastructure used by the military to keep track of activities and objects in space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040202
China is preparing to launch Palapa-N1 (aka Nusantara Dua, aka Nusantara Satu 2) for Indonesia from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040100
In a recent test, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) fully deployed its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040101
NASA has awarded the Aerospace, Research, Development, and Engineering Support Services (ARDES) II contract to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to execute robotic space missions for the agency through the full mission life cycle, from mission concept and formulation through data analysis. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020040102