Satellite News

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission team plans to switch to a backup system in the Microwave Instrument (MWI) on one of the twin spacecraft this month. Following the switch-over, GRACE-FO is expected to quickly resume science data collection.

Two SSTL satellites are currently undergoing final launch preparations at the Satash Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India ready for lift-off on Sunday 16 September at 1637 UTC.

The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved U.S. Air Force Space Command operational acceptance.

MDA announced it has signed two multi-million dollar contracts with Airbus.

An official ceremony marking the launch of a new integration and test facility took place at ISS-Reshetnev Company on 8 September 2018.

MDA announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) for a one-year maritime surveillance programme that includes the delivery of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data products from the Radarsat-2 satellite, using MDA’s global network of ground receiving stations. The contract includes two additional option years.

Following the launch of Aeolus on 22 August, the satellite’s instrument has been turned on and is now emitting pulses of ultraviolet light from its laser, which is fundamental to measuring Earth’s wind.

NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has woken up from yet another slumber and begun collecting science data again, the agency said.