News & Events

China’s Kuaizhou-11 rocket suffered a failure during its maiden flight with two satellites onboard on 10 July 2020. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020071000

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/G2 (Y64); Payload: Apstar 6D; Date: 9 July 2020, 1210 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. After half hour flight, Apstar-6D separated from the rocket’s third stage, completed the first deployment of the solar array, and entered into geostationary transfer orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070900

The Progress MS-13 cargo transportation spacecraft, developed and built by RSC Energia, successfully completed its mission. On Wednesday at 21:22 Moscow time the spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070901

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that China has successfully received data from the newly launched high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite, which is reportedly designated Gaofen Duomo. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070902

ESA’s cubic-metre-sized Proba-V minisatellite has ended its seven-year global mission to monitor the daily growth of all Earth’s vegetation, a task being taken up by Copernicus Sentinel-3 instead. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070903

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that it was advised that a complaint was filed by Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and by its subsidiary, Convoy Ltd., against Gilat in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070904

Poor weather conditions have postponed SpaceX’s tenth launch of Starlink satellites into orbit for the second time. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070800

ISS-Reshetnev specialists have resumed preparing the Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103 telecommunications satellites for launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070801

A new modification of the RD-191 engine for Angara-A5 heavy rockets will be developed by 2023 and the rocket’s first flight tests will take place that year, CEO of Energomash Research and Production Association (the producer of rocket engines) Igor Arbuzov was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070802

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Convoy Ltd. (together, "Comtech") announced that on 7 July 2020 it filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery against Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. ("Gilat"). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020070803