News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
ISS-Reshetnev Company has been selected for a contract by the Roskosmos State Corporation to design and build a new satellite to augment and replenish the orbital constellation of the Russian data-relay system Loutch [also transcribed as Luch or Louch]. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051901
Russia’s Gonets Satellite System Company has launched work on the conceptual designing of the Gonets next-generation communications system, company CEO Pavel Cherenkov was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051902
The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) programme achieved two major milestones. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051903
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced the launch schedule of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 42 (H-IIA F42) which carries aboard the Emirates Mars Mission’s (EMM) Hope spacecraft developed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051800
SpaceX said that a launch of up to 60 more Starlink Internet satellites previously planned this week from Cape Canaveral has been delayed until after the launch of the company’s first crewed flight. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051801
One of the three launches of Russia’s Soyuz-ST rocket from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana, slated for 2020, has been postponed for 2021, while two other launches have been delayed for one month, a source in the rocket and space industry said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051802
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on 17 May as part of a comprehensive investigation into prospective terrestrial use of solar energy captured in space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051803
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded two contracts to Thales Alenia Space concerning EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service). These contracts, fully financed under the European Commission H2020 programme concern study phases on the system evolution. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051804
Kerbal Space Program enthusiasts will receive a free update to their space simulator to build an Ariane 5 rocket and tackle real ESA missions in ‘Shared Horizons’ from 1 July. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051805
Rocket: Atlas V 501; Payload: USSF-7 (X-37B, FalconSat 8, various others); Date: 17 May 2020, 1314 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The X-37B space plane was successfully deployed into the targeted orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020051700