Satellite News

A light version of Russia’s Proton rocket may be developed in 2018, Khrunichev Space Center Head Andrei Kalinovsky was quoted as saying.

The first manned transportation spacecraft of the new Soyuz MS series successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 9 July.

Thales Alenia Space announced the signing of a new contract with Orbital ATK, Inc. Under terms of the agreement, Thales Alenia Space will supply nine additional Pressurised Cargo Modules (PCM) to Orbital ATK for upcoming cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS).

Millennium Space Systems announced that SSL has placed a follow-on order for 23 RWA-1000 flight reaction wheels. This follows the original order for 52 reaction wheels now that Millennium has delivered five ship sets of those wheels.

Kongsberg Norspace AS has won a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for providing highly integrated L-band Pre and Post processors for the first two Inmarsat-6 satellites. The contract covers development and delivery of flight hardware with a value of NOK 250 – 300 million (EUR27 – 32 million, US$29 – 35 million). The development is supported by ESA through the ARTES 3-4 programme.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced the successful completion of ISS Integration Certification Milestone 1 for the Dream Chaser Cargo System under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) contract.