https://spacewatch.global/tag/hosted-payloads/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/hosted-payloads/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/russia-to-develop-space-surveillance-satellite-to-monitor-space-debris-as-part-of-milky-way-ssa-network/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 05:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23050 The Russian state space corporation Roscosmos is to develop a low-Earth orbit (LEO) space surveillance satellite that will help monitor space debris and should be launched by 2027, according to a senior Roscosmos official in remarks to the TASS news agency on 28 May 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/egnos-payload-enters-service-on-eutelsat-5-west-b/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19790 Eutelsat Communications announced on 14 February 2020 that the GEO-3 payload of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), a hosted payload aboard its EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite, has successfully entered into service.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/intelsat-selects-maxar-technologies-to-build-geostationary-communications-satellite/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19247 Maxar Technologies has been chosen to manufacture Intelsat 40e, a next-generation geostationary communications satellite scheduled to launch in 2022. Maxar will integrate NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) payload with the Intelsat 40e satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/ethiopias-ethiosat-platform-launches-on-ses-nss-12-satellite/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16297 For years, Ethiopian TV viewers have had to navigate through a plethora of multinational content in a variety of foreign languages in order to locate their favourite channels. That changes today with the launch of Ethiosat – the first-ever dedicated Ethiopian TV platform to host Ethiopia’s most popular local channels. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/arianespace-successfully-launches-esa-and-intelsat-payloads/ Thu, 08 Aug 2019 05:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15513 Arianespace marked another success for global telecommunications with launch of the Intelsat 39 and EDRS-C satellites, which were deployed to geostationary transfer orbit on its latest flight using a workhorse Ariane 5.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/viasats-rte-service-provided-commissioning-and-operations-support-to-ga-ems-otb-satellite/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 05:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15261 Viasat's Real-Time Earth (RTE) service achieved a major milestone by providing ground station service support to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' (GA-EMS) Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite after its successful launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on June 25, 2019. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/maxar-chosen-by-nasa-to-integrate-pollution-monitoring-payload-on-an-upcoming-commercial-satellite/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 05:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15241 Maxar will integrate and fly NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on a 1300-class satellite in geostationary (GEO) orbit. TEMPO will be the first space-based instrument to provide hourly monitoring of major air pollutants during the daytime across the North American continent at high spatial resolution.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/northrop-grumman-to-design-build-and-integrate-two-arctic-satellites/ Fri, 05 Jul 2019 05:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14967 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by Space Norway to deliver its Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) system. Northrop Grumman will design, manufacture and integrate two satellites in addition to providing critical ground infrastructure.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/airbus-to-build-hts-satellite-for-malaysias-measat-hosted-payload-for-south-korean-gnss/ Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13911 Airbus has been selected by MEASAT Global Berhad (MEASAT), the leading Malaysian operator, to build MEASAT-3D, a new multimission telecommunications satellite to replace capacity and augment its core business in Malaysia, Asia, Middle East, and Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/rocket-lab-to-produce-in-house-designed-photon-satellite-platform/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13449 U.S. small satellite launch company Rocket Lab has announced the next evolution of its mission services; the in-house designed and built Photon™ satellite platform.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/arctic-space-globus-radar-in-norway-for-arctic-ssa-space-norway-targets-military-contracts/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11487 As climate change makes the Arctic region, also known as the High North, more navigable for conventional shipping and open to natural resource exploitation, so geopolitical competition between Arctic countries such as Canada, Russia, United States, and Scandinavian countries such as Norway intensifies.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/japan-considering-military-space-developments-launch-dsn-1-milsatcom-payload/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8300 A Japanese military satellite payload, DSN-1, a dedicated military communications payload for the Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD), was successfully launched into orbit on-board a SKY Perfect JSAT Superbird-8 communications satellite by Arianespace on 5 April 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/07/saudi-air-navigation-services-signs-mou-aireon-study-space-based-automatic-dependent-surveillance-broadcast-concept-operations/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5208 Aireon announced on July 14, 2017, that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), Saudi Arabia’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP).  SANS is managing one of the largest and busiest airspaces in the Middle East, and through this MoU, SANS will develop and analyze a concept of operations […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/07/spectacular-rise-uae-space-agency-challenges-ahead/ Sun, 03 Jul 2016 07:10:46 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=906 Where does the UAE Space Agency go after the Hope Mars Mission is achieved after 2021? Building and sustaining success, and therefore public and political support, is a challenge for all space agencies. The solutions to this challenge, however, can only be found in the United Arab Emirates. ThorGroup’s Chairman and President Dr. John B. […]]]>