UPDATE: Hilary impacts new launch of Starlinks depending on SpaceX’s rocket recovery – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-20 00:00
SpaceX is targeting Monday, August 21 at 11:04 p.m. PT (6:04 UTC on August 22) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The storm has created massive landslides and an earthquake in Southern California. The impact of Hurricane Hilary on rocket recovery operations forced four more days of delay. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred in Ventura County’s town of Ojai, California.
Panasonic Avionics unveils GEO connectivity expansion – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-20 00:00
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics) has presented a major expansion of the firm’s global connectivity network. The company is adding new HTS (High Throughput Satellites) and XTS™ (Extreme Throughput Satellite) to the connectivity network. This expansion represents a 50% global capacity increase, ensuring reliable and robust high-speed internet services.
EM Solutions’ successful on-orbit satellite transponder text – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-20 00:00
EM Solutions has successfully completed the first of its system level tests for a transponder developed for Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite. Launched on July 18th, the satellite payload features a flexible bent pipe architecture that features Ka- and V-band uplinks as well as downlinking on either Ka- or Q-band.
Ovzon continues UK Government support with third renewal from Airbus Defence and Space – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-20 00:00
Ovzon has for the third consecutive year been awarded a 12-month service renewal contract from Airbus Defence and Space. Ovzon SATCOM-as-a-Service features the Ovzon T6 mobile satellite terminal. Ovzon 3 will bring higher levels of performance, mobility, and resiliency.
Spire Global selected by ESP Logistics Technology for real-time weather + ship-tracking data plus a new company CFO is named – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-20 00:00
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been selected by ESP Logistics Technology (“ESP”) to provide wind data through the company’s weather conditions API and real-time, automatic identification system (AIS), vessel-tracking data. ESP has selected Spire’s comprehensive weather conditions API to provide their helicopter customers with immediate, accurate wind data to make operational flight decisions. ESP also is using Spire’S AIS data to provide its clients with real-time tracking of their ships and estimated time of arrival at their destination based on historical data of ships traveling similar routes.
Multiple remote sensing satellite launched from China, as launch cadence increases
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-20 21:35
China has had over 35 launches in 2023, including two rockets outside the Chang Zheng family. The Chinese startup LandSpace has released a short documentary about its rocket and the build process over the past five years. The Chinese S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite was launched into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO)
Using data from InSight, scientists discover that Mars is rotating faster
Original Publication Date: 2023-08-19 18:25
In December 2022, NASA lost contact with its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) Mars lander. In the time since InSight’s mission was declared over, scientists have continued to analyze the incredible data the lander collected. One team of scientists, led by Sebastien Le Maistre of the Royal Observatory of Belgium, recently published research that showed that Mars’ rotational speed is increasing. The measurements are the most precise measurements of Mars’ rotation ever taken.