Satellite News

LeoLabs announced LeoTrack the world’s first commercial satellite tracking service tailored to the needs of smallsat and cubesat operators.

Spire Global and Kleos Space S.A. announced a collaboration to combine Spire AIS data with KLEOS RF data to create a new shared capability to bring safety at sea.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Intelsat 39, EDRS-C; Date: 6. August 2019, 1930 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The total performance required of the launcher was 10,661 kg, with the two satellites accounting for 9,786 kg. The payloads were injected into an optimised orbit inclined 4.5 degrees to the equator.

Rocket: Proton-M/Briz-M; Payload: Blagovest No. 14L [Kosmos-2539]; Date: 5 August 2019, 2156 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Defense Ministry reported that stable telemetry communication has been established with the spacecraft. Its systems are operating as normal.

Spacefligh announced it has purchased the first commercial launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) scheduled for launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India later this year.

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its Cygnus spacecraft has successfully unberthed and departed from the International Space Station (ISS), beginning its secondary mission before it reenters Earth’s atmosphere. The NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft left the ISS after a 109 day stay at the station.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The launch is planned for 8 August at Space Launch Complex-41 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Arianespace introduced a service providing fast-track access to Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (also known as geostationary orbit, or GEO) for the new generation of small satellites, offering a first flight opportunity with more than 4,500 kg of such payloads on its “GO-1” mission in the first half of 2022.