News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
The Angosat-2 telecoms satellite that Russia is developing for Angola will be orbited in March 2022, Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company General Director Nikolai Testoyedov was quoted as saying. The company is now making the satellite platform, he added. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090200
A contract for the serial production of the latest GLONASS-K2 satellites for Russia’s global GLONASS orbital navigation system will be signed in 2021, CEO of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company (the satellites’ producer) Nikolai Testoyedov said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090201
Eutelsat Communications and Sky Italia have reached a strategic agreement for the renewal of Sky’s capacity contract at Eutelsat’s Hotbird position. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090202
Rocket Lab has been granted a five-year Launch Operator License by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Electron missions from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090203
The storm track of Typhoon Maysak over South Korea – which requires that the Jeju telemetry station be protected – has led to the postponement of final preparatory operations for Vega’s Flight VV16 launch, which was scheduled for 2 September (UTC). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090100
Russia will launch six Gonets telecoms satellites in 2020 instead of three as was reported earlier, General Director of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company, Nikolai Testoyedov was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090101
L3Harris Technologies has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space to build a space reflector antenna for the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite which will provide mobile telecommunication services throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Central Asia. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090102
The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded two contracts — totalling US$281.6 million — to develop two sets of satellites that are to serve as the communications backbone for a network designed to enable a range of advanced command and control systems. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090103
Intelsat announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the commercial aviation (CA) business of Gogo, the largest global provider of in-flight broadband connectivity, for US$400 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020090104
Rocket: Electron; Payload: Sequoia; Date: 31 August 2020, 0305 UTC; Launch site: Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Electron successfully deployed the single microsatellite to a circular orbit at approximately 500 km for Capella Space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020083100