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Archive for September 2nd, 2021

L3Harris expands satellite production site

September 2nd, 2021 by

L3Harris Technologies said it is expanding its satellite production site to include advanced production of unclassified satellites, which will deliver experimental capabilities for defence.

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Rocket Lab plans high volume reaction wheel production facility

September 2nd, 2021 by

Rocket Lab announced that construction is underway on a new production facility capable of supplying up to 2,000 reaction wheels per year.

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Yahsat selects GMV to provide spacecraft control systems for Thuraya 4-NGS

September 2nd, 2021 by

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC has selected GMV to supply the Spacecraft Control & Flight Dynamics Systems for Thuraya 4-NGS, a next-generation L-band mobile communications satellite system scheduled to begin operations in 2024.

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Meteosat Third Generation takes major step towards its first launch

September 2nd, 2021 by

The first satellite of the next generation of the Meteosat family has taken a major step towards its first flight, currently scheduled for launch in autumn 2022. Following the completion of the first flight model of the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) in July of this year, the instrument has now been successfully mounted onto the protoflight platform and the combined assembly is now being prepared for the Satellite Thermal Vacuum campaign, which is scheduled to start in early October in Cannes, France.

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Progress RSC issues report on Soyuz-6

September 2nd, 2021 by

The Progress Rocket Space Center (RSC) said it sent a report about the Soyuz-6 rocket to the Energia Rocket Space Corporation this summer. According to Progress RSC, a decision on this rocket will be taken by the Russian state space corporation Roskosmos.

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