News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Eutelsat Communications and Ovzon AB have entered into a long-term agreement for the provision of satellite control services following a competitive bidding process involving all major satellite operators. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020092402
China will soon lose the ability to access its weather and Earth-monitoring satellites via ground station locations affiliated with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) in Sweden, Chile and Australia. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020092403
SES has announced plans to significantly advance its digital transformation across its enterprise, operations and development of new services for the cloud-scale era. As a cornerstone of the strategy, SES signed a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to be an Azure Orbital partner as well as to accelerate and expand the use of Microsoft Azure across…
On Thursday, 24 September, the Spanish optical Earth observation satellite SEOSAT/INGENIO will begin its journey from Torrejón air base in Madrid (Spain) to Kourou, for a launch on a Vega rocket. SEOSAT, acronym for Spanish Earth Observation Satellite, is a high resolution optical satellite devoted to civil use, to be placed in orbit at an…
Viasat Inc. announced Viasat Real-Time Earth (RTE) is available as a managed services option for Microsoft Azure customers. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020092301
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Haiyang-2C (HY-2C); Date: 21 September 2020, 0540 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a 931 km x 948 km x 66.00 degrees orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020092100
The launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-44 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office is now planned for 26 September 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020092101
Pursuant to an amended launch contract with OneWeb, Arianespace will perform 16 more Soyuz launches from three spaceports (Kourou, Baikonur and Vostochny) beginning in late 2020 and continuing through 2022. These launches will enable OneWeb to complete the deployment of its full global constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites by the end of 2022. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020092102
Guangzhou-based company Guoyao Tech announced a roadmap to complete a prototype launch of 10 kg by 2022 and short-range tonnage launch by 2023 using a novel launch system – based on electromagnetic technology that could essentially bring satellites and humans into space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020092103
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus to develop and build the Copernicus polar ice and snow topography mission (CRISTAL). With two satellites, the CRISTAL mission will ensure the long-term continuation of radar altimetry ice elevation and change records. It is one of six new missions to expand the current capabilities of the Copernicus…