Contract signed to build Arctic weather satellite09/03/2021With the need for satellite data to be received more frequently for faster weather forecasting updates in the Arctic, ESA has signed a contract with OHB Sweden to a build prototype satellite for the Arctic Weather Satellite mission.This prototype is the forerunner of a potential constellation of satellites that would supply an almost constant stream of temperature and humidity data from every location on Earth – allowing, for the first time, for very short-range weather forecasting, or ‘nowcasting’, in the Arctic. Meteorologists will also use the mission to improve weather forecasts around the world....https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/Arctic_Weather_Satellite/Contract_signed_to_build_Arctic_weather_satellite
Unclear:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch SiteTBD - Arctic Weather Satellite mission prototype - TBD - KourouTBD - Arctic Weather Satellite mission constellation - TBD - KourouChanges on March 9th
Launch of the prototype is envisaged for 2024, with a view to building the constellation shortly afterwards.
USN seeks authority to support testing using CSG-1 for certification of ground station in preparation for the Launch and Early Orbit (LEOP) support of Cosmo-SkyMed2 in August 2021, not commercial service to the United States, and thus believes that Section 25.137 does not apply.
KUALA LUMPUR: Airbus SE reaffirms its support to Malaysia's space ecosystem with MEASAT-3d, a new multi-mission telecommunications satellite, slated to be launched in 2022.
MOSCOW, March 14 - RIA Novosti. The launch of two European navigation satellites Galileo is planned to be launched in the first quarter of 2022 with the Russian Soyuz-ST launch vehicle instead of the European Ariane 6, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.In September 2017, a contract was signed to launch four Galileo vehicles with two Ariane 6 launch vehicles between late 2020 and mid 2021. The treaty provided for the use of Soyuz missiles as a fallback. Later, due to the delay in the first launch of the Ariane 6, which is now slated for the second quarter of 2022, one of the two Galileo launches has been postponed to Soyuz and is currently slated for September 2021."The second launch of two Galileo satellites from the Guiana Space Center (Kouru Cosmodrome - Ed.) Has now also been transferred from the Ariane 6 rocket to Soyuz-ST and is planned, tentatively, in March 2022," the source said.
GaiaNIR White Paperhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10686-021-09705-zIt is an open access paper. GaiaNIR is the proposed follow up to Gaia with two NIR channels so it can pierce dust clouds. Original Gaia maximized the size possible for the rocket and apparently they are happy with the telescopes and general configuration of the optics, implying that they again plan for a Soyuz launch. Marginal improvements in the telescopes, more channels and data, likely more pixels in the detectors meaning less saturation and expecting to measure 5 times as many stars. Time frame, about 20 years in the future. Gaia is the ESA non earth observation mission downloading the most data and the processing consortium discovered that its computers while state of the art are just not good enough for an annual release, though that also has to do with creating and coding the algorithms. GaiaNIR 20 years in the future likely means lasercom and 7 generations meaning 2^7=128 times faster computers, if Moore's law holds. If it is not 128 times more data, we might just see faster releases if/when this gets launched.
https://ria.ru/20210314/galileo-1601117286.htmlGoogle translate:QuoteMOSCOW, March 14 - RIA Novosti. The launch of two European navigation satellites Galileo is planned to be launched in the first quarter of 2022 with the Russian Soyuz-ST launch vehicle instead of the European Ariane 6, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.In September 2017, a contract was signed to launch four Galileo vehicles with two Ariane 6 launch vehicles between late 2020 and mid 2021. The treaty provided for the use of Soyuz missiles as a fallback. Later, due to the delay in the first launch of the Ariane 6, which is now slated for the second quarter of 2022, one of the two Galileo launches has been postponed to Soyuz and is currently slated for September 2021."The second launch of two Galileo satellites from the Guiana Space Center (Kouru Cosmodrome - Ed.) Has now also been transferred from the Ariane 6 rocket to Soyuz-ST and is planned, tentatively, in March 2022," the source said.
Quote from: Salo on 03/14/2021 05:38 amhttps://ria.ru/20210314/galileo-1601117286.htmlGoogle translate:QuoteMOSCOW, March 14 - RIA Novosti. The launch of two European navigation satellites Galileo is planned to be launched in the first quarter of 2022 with the Russian Soyuz-ST launch vehicle instead of the European Ariane 6, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.In September 2017, a contract was signed to launch four Galileo vehicles with two Ariane 6 launch vehicles between late 2020 and mid 2021. The treaty provided for the use of Soyuz missiles as a fallback. Later, due to the delay in the first launch of the Ariane 6, which is now slated for the second quarter of 2022, one of the two Galileo launches has been postponed to Soyuz and is currently slated for September 2021."The second launch of two Galileo satellites from the Guiana Space Center (Kouru Cosmodrome - Ed.) Has now also been transferred from the Ariane 6 rocket to Soyuz-ST and is planned, tentatively, in March 2022," the source said. swap with Euclid?
Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT's are presently reserved (reserved with RKTs Progress as build as needed) as the backup launcher for Galileo through this 2023 flight:TBD - Galileo-FOC FM29, Galileo-FOC FM30 - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4
https://ria.ru/20210201/soyuz-1595423860.htmlGoogle translate:QuoteMOSCOW, 1 Feb - RIA Novosti. Five launches of the Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets are scheduled until 2023 from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana, follows from materials posted on the public procurement website.Earlier, a RIA Novosti source in the rocket and space industry said that three Soyuz launches with Kuru are expected in 2021: in September - with two European Galileo navigation satellites, in November and December - two launches with 34 British OneWeb communication satellites in each."The subject of this contract is the lease of vehicles for the transportation of Russian personnel during the VS26-VS30 launch campaigns and during the work to maintain the technical readiness of the ground equipment of the Soyuz launch complex at the Guiana Space Center in 2020-2022," the Operations Center said. objects of ground space infrastructure (enterprise "Roskosmos").
MOSCOW, 1 Feb - RIA Novosti. Five launches of the Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets are scheduled until 2023 from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana, follows from materials posted on the public procurement website.Earlier, a RIA Novosti source in the rocket and space industry said that three Soyuz launches with Kuru are expected in 2021: in September - with two European Galileo navigation satellites, in November and December - two launches with 34 British OneWeb communication satellites in each."The subject of this contract is the lease of vehicles for the transportation of Russian personnel during the VS26-VS30 launch campaigns and during the work to maintain the technical readiness of the ground equipment of the Soyuz launch complex at the Guiana Space Center in 2020-2022," the Operations Center said. objects of ground space infrastructure (enterprise "Roskosmos").
QuoteSoyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT's are presently reserved (reserved with RKTs Progress as build as needed) as the backup launcher for Galileo through this 2023 flight:TBD - Galileo-FOC FM29, Galileo-FOC FM30 - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4hmm, the contract is currently until VS30That is why I asked. Quote from: Salo on 02/01/2021 05:02 amhttps://ria.ru/20210201/soyuz-1595423860.htmlGoogle translate:QuoteMOSCOW, 1 Feb - RIA Novosti. Five launches of the Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets are scheduled until 2023 from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana, follows from materials posted on the public procurement website.Earlier, a RIA Novosti source in the rocket and space industry said that three Soyuz launches with Kuru are expected in 2021: in September - with two European Galileo navigation satellites, in November and December - two launches with 34 British OneWeb communication satellites in each."The subject of this contract is the lease of vehicles for the transportation of Russian personnel during the VS26-VS30 launch campaigns and during the work to maintain the technical readiness of the ground equipment of the Soyuz launch complex at the Guiana Space Center in 2020-2022," the Operations Center said. objects of ground space infrastructure (enterprise "Roskosmos").
Planned launches:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2022NET January - MEASAT-3d, Syracuse 4A (Comsat-NG 1) - Ariane 5 ECA+ - Kourou ELA-3 ]Changes on March 14th
KUALA LUMPUR: Airbus SE reaffirms its support to Malaysia's space ecosystem with MEASAT-3d, a new multi-mission telecommunications satellite, slated to be launched in 2022.https://www.nst.com.my/business/2021/02/667956/airbus-continues-supporting-malaysia-icp-extensive-defence-space
Les satellites Syracuse 4A et 4B, commandés fin 2015 par la DGA, seront mis en service en 2022 et 2023 pour prendre la relève des satellites Syracuse 3A et 3B. Ils seront rejoints d’ici à 2030 par un troisième satellite optimisé notamment pour une utilisation par les plateformes aéronautiques.
The Syracuse 4A and 4B satellites, ordered at the end of 2015 by the DGA, will be commissioned in 2022 and 2023 to take over from the Syracuse 3A and 3B satellites. They will be joined by 2030 by a third satellite optimized in particular for use by aeronautical platforms.
https://www.defense.gouv.fr/dga/actualite/la-dga-lance-une-nouvelle-phase-du-programme-de-communication-satellitaires-syracuse-ivQuoteLes satellites Syracuse 4A et 4B, commandés fin 2015 par la DGA, seront mis en service en 2022 et 2023 pour prendre la relève des satellites Syracuse 3A et 3B. Ils seront rejoints d’ici à 2030 par un troisième satellite optimisé notamment pour une utilisation par les plateformes aéronautiques.Google translate:QuoteThe Syracuse 4A and 4B satellites, ordered at the end of 2015 by the DGA, will be commissioned in 2022 and 2023 to take over from the Syracuse 3A and 3B satellites. They will be joined by 2030 by a third satellite optimized in particular for use by aeronautical platforms.
D’ici à 2022 : lancement des satellites SYRACUSE 4A et 4B
By 2022: launch of the SYRACUSE 4A and 4B satellites
[email protected] fairing-separation anomaly has grounded #Ariane5 since Aug 2020, also impacted @ulalaunch Atlas 5 operations. @[email protected] say root cause found; Swiss govt injects cash; Ariane 5 flights could resume in June. @SBFI_CH @ArianeGroup. http://bit.ly/3lySICB
Vega-C rocket delayed to early 2022 as current Vega customers, especially one, are given priorityPosted by Peter B. de Selding | Mar 19, 2021 | Limited, Satellite OperatorsPARIS — Europe’s Vega-C rocket’s inaugural flight has slipped to early 2022 to increase the likelihood that high-profile customers awaiting launch on the current Vega are delivered to orbit this year.First among equals in this customer lineup is the French Defense Ministry, whose three Ceres signals-intelligence satellites are scheduled for launch on a Vega late this year. The satellites will fly in formation in low Earth orbit.
"The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B rocket with the Fregat-MT upper stage and two Galileo satellites from the Guiana Space Center (Kuru Cosmodrome - Ed.) Has been postponed until November," the agency's source said.Another source confirmed this information, adding that the launch is scheduled for late November, and its postponement is not related to Russian launch vehicles. "The rocket and the upper stage were made a long time ago," he said.
