Satellite News

The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spacecraft has hit the milestone of 700 days in orbit during its current Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5) mission and is just a few weeks short of breaking the vehicle’s spaceflight-duration record.

Russian state-run corporation Roskosmos has obtained a patent for a satellite that destroys itself after the end of service or an unexpected breakdown.

ICEYE said it is the first in the world to achieve better-than 1 meter resolution imagery from under-100 kg SAR satellites.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it was selected by the PSN Consortium, led by Indonesian satellite operator Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) to deliver a unified ground station monitoring solution to support SATRIA, the first Very High-Throughput Satellite (VHTS) in the region.

Maxar Technologies announced that the high-power Intelsat 39 communications satellite, built for Intelsat, is performing according to plan. Contact was also established with EDRS-C, the second passenger on the most recent Ariane 5 launch.

The Indian space agency successfully raised Chandrayaan-2’s orbit for fifth time on 6 August at 0934 UTC.

TriSept Corporation, a provider of launch integration and mission management services, has signed launch service agreements with Millennium Space Systems and Rocket Lab to support a mission aimed at helping to solve the ever-increasing low-Earth orbital debris challenge.

LeoLabs announced LeoTrack the world’s first commercial satellite tracking service tailored to the needs of smallsat and cubesat operators.