Satellite News

UrtheCast Corp. has entered into a contract with a confidential customer for the development and delivery of a dual-frequency stand-alone Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) operational-class satellite as an “accelerator” for the OptiSAR Constellation.

Rocket Lab, an American-New Zealand aerospace company, said it has completed an internal review of data from its 25 May test flight of its Electron rocket. The review found the launch had to be terminated due to an independent contractor’s ground equipment issue, rather than an issue with the rocket.

NanoRacks announced that the company is adding polar orbit launches of small satellites into its portfolio of commercial launch opportunities.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and In-Space Missions Limited (In-Space) have revealed an opportunity for a low cost ride to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

China Great Wall Industry Corporation (“CGWIC”) has signed a launch services contract to launch a to its orbit.

Progress continues on the development of NOAA’s GOES-S and GOES-T spacecraft that will follow the successful launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite or GOES-R, renamed GOES-16 upon reaching geostationary orbit.

The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) has been selected by NASA to provide a sensor for an international CubeSat mission that will study scintillation in the ionosphere, a phenomena that affects radio signals, disrupting communications and GPS navigation.

The Space Foundation has released the findings of its publication The Space Report 2017: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity.