Satellite News

North Korea’s recently launched Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite may not have reached its target orbit, observers noted.

On 26 January at 0749 UTC, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron at the 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado/USA, verified users were experiencing GPS timing issues.

Air Liquide has signed two multi-year contracts recently, a total worth of EUR20 million, for the supply of high purity xenon in the all-electric propulsion satellite market: one with Airbus Defence and Space and one with Thales Alenia Space.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected four companies to conduct design studies for a solar-electric-propulsion-based spacecraft for the agency’s Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM).

The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center released the tenth and final award notice on 27 January under the Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation supporting technology maturation and risk reduction for rocket propulsion system development.

Airbus Safran Launchers has finalised the architecture for its Ariane 6 launch vehicle, announcing a maiden launch to take place in 2020.

The launch of Russia’s Resurs-P No. 3 remote sensing satellite has been scheduled for 12 March, the Russian Space Systems (RSS) company said.

SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. announced a partnership with ABS to launch two new video platforms on ABS-3A. This will provide quality DVB-S and DVB-S2 content, including HD, via satellite across Sub-Saharan Africa, including French speaking Africa and South Africa.