Satellite News

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a contract for HydroGNSS, a 55-kg small satellite to measure climate change variables.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced it has scheduled two dedicated launches in November for Spaceflight Inc.’s customer, real-time geospatial and global monitoring company BlackSky.

Bharti-backed OneWeb announced an arrangement through Letter of Intent with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to use the Indian-built PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and the heavier GSLV-MkIII (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) as potential platforms to launch OneWeb’s satellites in India from 2022.

The next Arianespace mission is planned from Vostochny Cosmodrome with Soyuz on 14 October at 0940 UTC to deliver 36 satellites into orbit, bringing the total OneWeb’s fleet to 358 satellites in Low Earth Orbit.

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC announced that its Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) subsidiary, Thuraya Telecommunications Company PJSC has secured long-tem agreements with a global service provider for a total value in excess of AED316 million (US$86 million) over the next three years.

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All GLONASS-K2 satellites will be made exclusively of Russian-made components by 2026, with the import substitution to be expanded to other spacecraft, the satellite’s manufacturer said.

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The latest pair of Galileo satellites, FM 23 and 24, have touched down at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ahead of their launch together next month.

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Two launches of Angara-A5 heavy rocket and two launches of its light class are planned to be carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome next year, Russian Aerospace Force commander Colonel-General Sergey Surovikin said.

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