Satellite

Americas Space 

U.S. Air Force Launches Satellites from New Zealand on Electron Rocket

May 12, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Electron rocket, Falcon Orbital Debris Experiment (Falcon ODE), New Zealand, Rocket Lab, Satellite, SPARC 1 (Space Plug-and-play Architecture Research Cubesat-1), U.S. Air Force (USAF), US DoD Space Test Program (STP), USA

The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners has successfully launched three Department of Defense research and development satellites on

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Americas Space 

n~Ask Wins $7.8M Contract to Demonstrate Prototype ISR Small-Satelllite for U.S. Special Operations Command

May 7, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Military satellite, n~Ask Inc., Satellite, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), USA

n~Ask Inc. was awarded a $7.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for demonstration of a prototype, modular intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance small-satellite

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Americas Space 

Boeing Awarded $605 Million by U.S. Air Force for Production of 11th Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite, WGS-11

April 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Boeing, Communications satellite, Military satellite, Satellite, Satellite communications (SATCOM), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)

Boeing has been awarded a not-to-exceed $605 million firm-fixed-price contract modification for the production of eleventh Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)

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Asia-Pacific Space 

India’s First Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Test on Feb. 12 Failed: Reports, DRDO Refutes Claim

April 7, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT), DRDO, India, Microsat-R, Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV), Satellite

India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) had carried out its first Anti-Satellite (ASAT) test on February 12 against a

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Asia-Pacific Space 

India Successfully Tests Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Missile Against Live Low-Earth Orbit Satellite

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Abdul Kalam Island, Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT), DRDO, India, Low Earth orbit (LEO), Satellite

India has successfully tested its first Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile against a live satellite in the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), on March

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Americas Space 

U.S. Air Force STPSat-5 Satellite Fully Integrated Onboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle

November 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Falcon 9, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Satellite, Spaceflight Industries, SpaceX Technologies, STPSat-5, U.S. Air Force (USAF), US DoD Space Test Program (STP), USA

The U.S. Air Force announced that its Space Test Program Mission 5 (STPSat-5) satellite had finished preparations and is fully

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Americas Space 

Maxar’s Radiant Solutions Selected by DARPA to Develop Optical System for Earth Observation Satellites

November 8, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Maxar Technologies (MDA), Radiant Solutions (Maxar), Satellite, Space Systems Loral (SSL), USA

Radiant Solutions, a Maxar Technologies company), has been awarded a $2 million contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects

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Americas Space 

Dynetics Selected to Develop Small Satellites for U.S. Army Gunsmoke-L Program

November 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Dynetics, Gunsmoke-L (US Army), Low Earth orbit (LEO), Redstone Arsenal (RSA), Satellite, U.S. Army, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)

Dynetics has been selected to develop small satellites for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command

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Americas Space 

Raytheon Builds Small Satellites for U.S. Department of Homeland Security

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Millennium Engineering and Integration (MEI), ORS 7 (Polar Scout), Raytheon, Satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US DOD Operationally Responsive Space (ORS), USA

Raytheon has built two small, Polar Scout satellites for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with Millennium Engineering

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Americas Space 

General Atomics Completes Pre-Flight Testing of Orbital Test Bed (OTB) Satellite

April 24, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Falcon Heavy, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS), NASA, Orbital Test Bed (OTB) Satellite, Satellite, Space Test Program-2 (STP-2), U.S. Air Force (USAF), US DoD Space Test Program (STP), USA

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has completed full system and “ready for launch” pre-flight testing of its

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