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Archive for October 14th, 2021

Leaf Space adds five new ground stations to global network

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Leaf Space, a provider of ground segment as-a-service (GSaaS) solutions, announced that the company is adding five ground stations to the company’s global Leaf Line Network. The new stations will be installed in West and South Australia, British Columbia, Iceland and Bulgaria further increasing Leaf Space’s capability to provide GSaaS solutions to its customers.

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AAC Clyde to provide command and data handling unit to OHB Sweden

October 14th, 2021 by

AAC Clyde Space has been contracted by OHB Sweden to deliver its Sirius command and data handling unit worth approx. €545,000 to ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite.

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L3Harris selected for second major U.S. weather satellite study

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NASA has selected L3Harris Technologies to conduct a second advanced study to significantly improve the accuracy and timeliness of U.S. weather forecasting.

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SpaceLink selects OHB as preferred tenderer for satellite contract

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SpaceLink announced it has reached a significant milestone in the manufacture and launch of the initial constellation of four high-capacity optical relay satellites. Following a comprehensive tender process, OHB Systems AG has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the initial constellation.

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China launches Solar Explorer satellite

October 14th, 2021 by

Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: CHASE (Chinese Ha Solar Explorer), eight secondary satellites; Date: 14 October 2021, 1051 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The 508-kilogram satellite entered a Sun-synchronous orbit about 517 kilometers above Earth, according to a statement from the China National Space Administration.

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OneWeb constellation more than 50% complete after Soyuz launch

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Rocket: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat; Payload: 36 One Web satellites; Date: 14 October 2021, 0940 UTC; Launch site: Vostochny, Russia. The mission lasted three hours and 51 minutes. The 36 satellites were deployed during nine separation sequences at an altitude of 450 km.

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