Satellite News

Arianespace and EUMETSAT have announced the signature of a contract entrusting Arianespace with the launch of the first two Metop-SG satellites of the EUMETSAT Polar System of Second Generation (EPS-SG), plus an option for the launch of a third satellite, to be performed from the Guiana Space Center – Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Six Space Systems Loral (SSL)-built small satellites for Planet’s Earth observation constellation have arrived at Vandenberg AFB for launch.

Boeing said it will design and build seven super-powered medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites for SES, delivering efficient high-performance data communications services.

Orbital ATK announced significant progress on the industry’s first commercial in-space satellite servicing system. The Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) spacecraft successfully completed its critical design review earlier this year and is now in production with about 75% of the platform and payload components already delivered to the company’s Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Virginia.

SSL announced that NASA has awarded the next phase of funding for its Dragonfly on-orbit satellite assembly programme.

Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG and BridgeSat, Inc. announced an agreement to jointly develop a solution enabling interoperability between Tesat’s heritage Laser Communications Terminals (LCT) and BridgeSat’s global optical communications ground network.