Satellite News

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. has received an order for H-IIA launch services from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for launch of the Emirates Mars Mission’s (EMM) Hope spacecraft.

The Vostochny spaceport has begun comprehensive tests of the launch site, and a Soyuz launch vehicle’s dry rollout has been practised, Roskosmos head Igor Komarov told reporters.

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that it was selected to provide a high power all-electric satellite to Eutelsat. The satellite will principally provide broadcast services to multiple regions including Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey.

The Near Infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec and Mid-Infrared Instrument MIRI have passed an extensive series of tests in preparation for their integration on the James Webb space telescope. Airbus Defence and Space supported this test campaign, like the previous ones.

After an operational orbit of 1,630 days, China’s first space lab Tiangong-1 terminated its data service, the manned space engineering office said.

Teal Group space analysts have identified 5,095 satellites, probes and capsules to be built and launched to Earth or deep space orbits between 2016 and 2035. They estimate the value of these space payloads at more than US$245 billion.