Satellite News

The H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI6” (HTV6) started its final approach to the International Space Station (ISS), and was captured by the ISS robotic arm at 1039 UTC on 13 December.

The U.S. Air Force approved Lockheed Martin’s design to upgrade the current GPS satellite ground control system with new capabilities that will enable it to operate GPS III satellites.

Thales Alenia Space announced that its satellite platform ELiTeBUS 1000 has been accepted by the Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) in the Rapid III Catalog managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that its U.S. division, SSL, was selected to provide an SSL 1300 spacecraft bus to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for its Restore-L servicing mission.

On Sunday, 11 December at 1704 UTC, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter.

NASA has selected a first-of-its-kind Earth science mission, the Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCARB), which is to probe the natural sources, sinks and exchange processes that control carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane in the atmosphere.

A non-toxic propulsion system developed by Chinese scientists will enable satellites to carry more payload and save on satellite launching costs, the system’s developer said according to Xinhua news agency.

An altimeter which represents one of the Geo-IK-2 geodetic satellite payload’s main instruments has been delivered to ISS-Reshetnev Company.