News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Russia’s space sector will no longer depend on imported goods by 2025, Russian state space corporation Roskosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020102203
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm on 20 October 2020 and briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020102100
Mynaric has been selected by Telesat to supply multiple units of its CONDOR optical inter-satellite link terminals to DARPA’s Blackjack Track B programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020102101
Momentus Inc. and Kepler Communications Inc. have signed a launch service agreement to deploy two additional satellites for Kepler’s GEN1 constellation in 2021. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020102000
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. announced the successful acceptance test of the first stage of its Alpha launch vehicle for its inaugural flight later this year, and the execution of new customer agreements. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020102001
Telesat U.S. Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat, is now part of the Lockheed Martin team which was recently awarded the Space Transport Layer Tranche 0 contract by the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020102002
Iridium Communications Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020102003
New Russian private space company Success Rockets is planning to create three satellite constellations, one of them comprising over 500 satellites, according to the company. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020101900
Spire Global announced its first dedicated Lemur satellite, named Djara, developed for Australia’s Office of National Intelligence (ONI). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020101901
The Hainan authorities are planning to create a well-protected telecommunications network for the secure exchange of information with other regions of China and other countries using quantum and satellite technologies, reported the Nanguo Dushibao newspaper. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020101902