by David Todd | Sep 23, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News
Russian media reports have indicated that the Russian Express-80 communications satellite has suffered a serious anomaly during its slow orbital climb to its operational geostationary location after its 31 July 2020 Proton launch with Express-103. Specifically the... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 21, 2020 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has confirmed that its experimental satellite NTS-3 will be launched by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket in 2022. The satellite NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite 3) is to test experimental technologies... 
by David Todd | Sep 21, 2020 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
Picosat manufacturer FOSSA Systems signed a service agreement deal during September 2020 with the launch arranger Momentus for the firm to have two of its PocketPod deployers to be launched on the second “Vigoride” mission on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 18, 2020 | commercial launch services, Finance, Satellites, Seradata News
On 17 September 2020 Intelsat brought to an end their extraordinary year of satellite and launch orders. It has placed the construction order for its seventh (and likely final) C-band replacement satellite GALAXY 13R – previously known as GALAXY 37. SSL –... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 17, 2020 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
On 16 September Northrop Grumman received a contract from the US Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to develop a next-generation “jam-resistant” military communications satellite. The contract was awarded through the Evolved Strategic Satellite... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 16, 2020 | ESA, exploration, Satellites, Science, Seradata News, Technology
On 15 September the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded the construction contract for their HERA mission to German manufacturer OHB Systems. The contract is valued at EUR€129.4m (US$153.3m). OHB will be the lead in a team with 17 other companies from ESA member...
