Satellite News

NOAA looks to test the capabilities of privately funded small satellites because a new NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture study shows that future satellite instruments with lower cost and/or increased performance could provide significant benefit in NOAA’s future observing systems.

Airbus Defence and Space has been selected by Telesat as a major industrial partner to support their System Design and Risk Management phase for Telesat’s LEO constellation now in development.

Hispasat and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. have entered into a partnership to commercialise Hispasat’s Ka band satellite capacity over Brazil, with an estimated potential revenue of tens of millions of dollars over a period of several years.

Yahsat has completed the acquisition of a majority and controlling stake in mobile satellite services operator Thuraya.

The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) announced a milestone with the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) mission. The laser communication system, carried by the two low-Earth-orbiting OCSD CubeSats also known as AeroCube-7B and Aerocube-7C, successfully transmitted data at a rate of 100 megabits per second which is 50 times greater than typical communication systems for this size spacecraft.

Telesat Canada announced its financial results for the three and six-month periods ending 30 June 2018.

Russia’s Energomash Scientific and Production Association will soon begin work with the RD-191 engine to boost the capacity of the Angara-A5M heavy carrier rocket, State Space Corporation Roskosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying.

Russia has signed a deal to sell more rocket engines to the United States despite heightened tensions between the two countries.