Satellite News

Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed a series of hot-fire tests on a 133.5 kN (30,000 lbf) thrust-class Bantam liquid-fuelled rocket engine built with additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing.

Lockheed Martin has completed the propulsion subsystem for the first modernised A2100 satellite.

With the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new Integrated Technology Centre (ITC), Airbus marked the commencement of the intensive construction phase for its new EUR43-million satellite hub. The building, for the development and integration of satellites, will enable the Friedrichshafen site to handle future requirements.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Inmarsat5-F4; Date: 15 May 2017, 2321 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA.

Payload build-up is underway in French Guiana for Arianespace’s medium-lift Soyuz mission this week, which is to orbit the SES-15 telecommunications satellite.

SES announced that the SES-10 satellite is now fully operational at 67 degrees West and will be serving the Latin America region.

Aerojet Rocketdyne said it successfully completed its test campaign of a fuel boost kick pump at its Sacramento, California, facility as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator (HBTD) programme.

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that the BulgariaSat-1 satellite, designed and built for Bulgaria Sat, an affiliate of Bulsatcom, which is a leading telecommunications company and the largest provider of pay-TV services in Bulgaria, has arrived at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it will be launched aboard a re-used Falcon 9.