Satellite News

Rocket Lab USA entered into an exclusive license agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to commercialise near and deep space capable small spacecraft telemetry and control radio technology.

Telesat Corporation announced that it is now a public company and will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the ticker symbol “TSAT.”

Aon plc, a professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, announced a new collaboration with satellite and persistent monitoring expert ICEYE to provide insurers with flood hazard data following severe flooding events in Japan, helping them to reduce volatility and better understand the post-event impact on their portfolios.

ESA’s Solar Orbiter is returning to Earth for a flyby before starting its main science mission to explore the Sun and its connection to ‘space weather’. During the flyby Solar Orbiter must pass through the clouds of space debris that surround our planet, making this manoeuvre the riskiest flyby yet for a science mission.

BlackSky’s latest satellites reached orbit and delivered first insights within 14 hours of launch.

Maritime Launch Services announced that Nanoracks will serve as the company’s first client when Spaceport Nova Scotia’s operations go live in 2023. For this first mission, Nanoracks will deploy customer smallsats and host spacecraft technology demonstrations.

Rocket: Astra LV0007; Payload: U.S. Space Force test spacecraft; Date: 20 November 2021, 0604 UTC; Launch site: Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska/USA. The rocket achieved orbit around nine minutes after launch at 438 km x 507 km x 86.01 degrees.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Gaofen-11 03; Date: 20 November 2021, 0151 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellites were deployed into 427 km x 439 km x 42.02 degrees orbits.