News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Rocket: PSLV; Payload: EOS-1 (formerly RISAT-2BR2), nine customer satellites; Date: 7 November 2020, 0941 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, India. The satellites were released into approx. 565 km x 577 km x 36.90 degrees orbits. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020110800
Rocket: Ceres-1; Payload: Tianqi-11; Date: 7 November 2020, 0712 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a 485 km x 501 km x 97.41 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit. The launch marked the second successful attempt by a Chinese private rocket firm since July 2019 following two failed launches in 2018…
Owing to impending inclement weather, United Launch Alliance has moved the launch of an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to no earlier than 11 November from 8 November. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020110802
SES S.A. announced its financial results for the nine months ending 30 September 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020110803
Rocket: Chang Zheng 6; Payload: 10 NewSat satellites (NewSat-9 to NewSat-18), three piggyback satellites; Date: 6 November 2020, 0319 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellites were deployed into approx. 468 km x 478 km x 97.26 degrees Sun-synchronous orbits. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020110600
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: GPS III SV04; Date: 5 November 2020, 2324 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. About 89 minutes after lift-off, U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin engineers at the company’s Denver Launch & Checkout Operations Center declared GPS III SV04 "separated" from its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and "flying"…
The 26-hour countdown for India’s next PSLV rocket launch has begun. The rocket with 10 satellites is expected to lift off at 0932 UTC on 7 November from Sriharikota, India. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020110602
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-101 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office is now targeted for 8 November at 2236 UTC, pending range approval. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020110603
Rocket Lab announced it will attempt to recover the first stage of its Electron rocket during its next mission, the ‘Return to Sender’ launch, scheduled for lift-off in mid-November. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020110604
Intelsat S.A. announced financial results for the three months ending 30 September 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020110605