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Archive for September 3rd, 2020

Long-delayed Vega rideshare mission successfully launched

September 3rd, 2020 by

Rocket: Vega; Payload: 53 satellites); Date: 3 September 2020, 0151 UTC;Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite passengers on the Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof of Concept rideshare mission were released during a flight sequence lasting 1 hour, 44 minutes from lift-off to final separation, involving multiple deployments with the SSMS dispenser.

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Falcon lofts another Starlink batch

September 3rd, 2020 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 60 Starlink satellites; Date: 3 September 2020, 1246 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The Falcon 9’s upper stage engine injected the 60 Starlink satellites into an on-target orbit inclined at 53 degrees.

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Update: Electron launches Sequoia satellite for Capella

September 3rd, 2020 by

Rocket Lab has launched its first in-house designed and built operational satellite. The satellite, named ‘First Light’, is the first spacecraft from Rocket Lab’s family of configurable Photon satellites to be deployed to orbit.

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Northrop Grumman tests SLS booster for Artemis missions

September 3rd, 2020 by

NASA and Northrop Grumman successfully conducted a full-scale static fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster (FSB-1), in Promontory, Utah, on 2 September.

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SATRIA Indonesian telecommunication satellite activities will start up

September 3rd, 2020 by

Satelit Nusantara Tiga (SNT) and Thales Alenia Space announced the signature of a Preliminary Work Agreement to start the activities of the broadband telecommunication satellite SATRIA.

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Satcom phased array prototype successfully completes transmit test

September 3rd, 2020 by

Lockheed Martin and Ball Aerospace successfully completed a phased array transmit test for a Multi-Band, Multi-Mission (MBMM) antenna. MBMM helps enable multiple satellites to simultaneously connect with a single-phased array antenna system using multiple frequencies.

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Rocket Lab has launched its 1st homegrown Photon satellite

September 3rd, 2020 by

Rocket Lab now has a spacecraft in Earth orbit — the first of its Photon satellite line, which is designed to tote customer payloads to a variety of destinations, including the moon and Venus.

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NASA satellites track California wildfire’s smoke plumes and burn scars from space

September 3rd, 2020 by

Scientists created maps and other data products to track the fires and smoke plumes and make predictions about which parts of California may be affected next.

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