Satellite News

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that it was selected to provide a high power all-electric satellite to Eutelsat. The satellite will principally provide broadcast services to multiple regions including Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey.

The Near Infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec and Mid-Infrared Instrument MIRI have passed an extensive series of tests in preparation for their integration on the James Webb space telescope. Airbus Defence and Space supported this test campaign, like the previous ones.

After an operational orbit of 1,630 days, China’s first space lab Tiangong-1 terminated its data service, the manned space engineering office said.

Thales Alenia Space Belgium announced that its new-generation PPU Mk3 power supply units for the plasma thrusters on upcoming all-electric satellites have been qualified.

ISS-Reshetnev Company’s Assembly, Integration and Test Facility, currently under construction, is being furnished with new technological equipment and tools.

China’s first dark matter detection satellite has completed three months of in-orbit testing and found 460 million high energy particles in a 92-day flight, officials said.

On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Northrop Grumman for two Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder instruments for NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Polar Follow On / JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 Missions.

SENER and Thales Alenia Space have signed an agreement for the joint assessment of their collaboration in the future development of optical instruments for space applications.