Satellite News

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) H-II Transport Vehicle-6 (HTV-6) has left the International Space Station.

GS Yuasa Lithium Power (GYLP), the U.S. subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corporation (GYC), and EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, jointly announced that Orbital ATK has selected EaglePicher to design and manufacture a battery with specifications to use lithium-ion cells manufactured by GS Yuasa Technology (GYT) to power the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 spacecraft.

NanoSpace AB – a subsidiary of GS Sweden AB – has received an order of Xenon flow control components from The Scientific and Technological Research Counsil of Turkey – Space Technologies Research Institute (TUBITAK UZAY) in Ankara.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully ground tested its indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage for GSLV MkIII on 25 January 2017.

Raytheon completed factory acceptance testing of the flight operations system for the James Webb Space Telescope .

At least one atomic clock onboard a satellite in India’s INRSS regional navsat constellation has failed, NDTV reports. The system remains functional, though.

Rocket: H-IIA No. 32 (204 configuration); Payload: DSN-2 (X-band defence communication satellite-2, aka Kirameki-2); Date: 24 January 2017, 0744 UTC; Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The launch and the separation of the satellite into geostationary transfer orbit proceeded according to schedule.

A Boeing satellite built for ABS entered into commercial service, providing enhanced satellite services including direct-to-home television services on 21 January to customers in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Russia, South Asia and South East Asia.