Satellite News

Satelit Nusantara Tiga (SNT) and Thales Alenia Space announced the signature of a Preliminary Work Agreement to start the activities of the broadband telecommunication satellite SATRIA.

The Angosat-2 telecoms satellite that Russia is developing for Angola will be orbited in March 2022, Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company General Director Nikolai Testoyedov was quoted as saying. The company is now making the satellite platform, he added.

A contract for the serial production of the latest GLONASS-K2 satellites for Russia’s global GLONASS orbital navigation system will be signed in 2021, CEO of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company (the satellites’ producer) Nikolai Testoyedov said.

L3Harris Technologies has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space to build a space reflector antenna for the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite which will provide mobile telecommunication services throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Central Asia.

The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded two contracts — totalling US$281.6 million — to develop two sets of satellites that are to serve as the communications backbone for a network designed to enable a range of advanced command and control systems.

NASA has selected five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the dynamics of the Sun and the constantly changing space environment with which it interacts around Earth. The information will improve understanding about the universe as well as offer key information to help protect astronauts, satellites, and communications signals – such as GPS – in space.

NASA has approved the final development stage of the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission to explore the Trojan asteroids in preparation for its October 2021 launch.

Glavkosmos JSC and JSC Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS-Reshetnev Company) signed a Memorandum on joint participation in the implementation of the Comprehensive Scientific and Technical Program of the Full Innovation Cycle “Global information satellite systems” (GISS Program).