Satellite

Middle East Space 

IAI to Develop Israel’s National Communication Satellite, Dror 1

January 14, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Communications satellite, Dror 1, Israel, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Satellite

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) will develop and build Israel’s national communication satellite, the “Dror 1”, the company announced. The Dror

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Global Space 

India’s GSAT-30 Satellite Installed on Ariane 5 Rocket for Arianespace’s First Mission of 2020

January 10, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ariane 5, Arianespace, Europe's Spaceport, Eutelsat Konnect, GSAT-30, India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Satellite

Final payload integration has begun for Arianespace’s year-opening mission on January 16, with GSAT-30 now installed atop its Ariane 5

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Americas Space 

NASA Selects ULA Atlas V Rocket to Launch GOES-T Weather Satellite

December 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Atlas-V rocket, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), GOES-T, NASA, Satellite, United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA, Weather satellite

NASA’s Launch Services Program announced that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Atlas V rocket to launch the Geostationary Operational

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Europe Space 

Airbus-Built CHEOPS Satellite Successfully Launched on Soyuz

December 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS), Europe, European Space Agency (ESA), Exoplanet mission, Satellite, Soyuz

The Airbus-built CHEOPS satellite has been successfully launched on a Soyuz rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana

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Europe Space 

Arianespace Soyuz Launcher Lifts Off for Flight VS23 Mission

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Arianespace, CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS), CSG-1 satellite, Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Satellite, Soyuz

An Arianespace Soyuz launcher has lifted off from the Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 05:54 am local time

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Asia-Pacific Space 

Inovor Technologies to Deliver Satellite Bus to Support Australia’s Buccaneer Main Mission

December 2, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Australia, Buccaneer Cubesat (Australia), CubeSat, Defence Science and Technology Group (DST Group), Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN), Over-the-horizon radar (OTHR), Satellite

Inovor Technologies has won a $2.5m contract from Australian Department of Defence to deliver a satellite bus that will be

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Americas Space 

Scientific Systems Receives DARPA Blackjack Pit Boss Prime Contract

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments DARPA Blackjack program, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Satellite, Scientific Systems Company Inc. (SSCI), USA

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) prime contract to begin development

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Americas Space 

Raytheon Designing Pit Boss Autonomous Mission Management System for DARPA’s Blackjack Satellite Constellation

November 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments DARPA Blackjack program, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Raytheon, Satellite, Scientific Systems Company Inc. (SSCI), USA

Raytheon is designing Pit Boss, an autonomous mission management system for DARPA’s Blackjack satellite constellation, with Scientific Systems Company, Inc.

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Americas Space 

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Launches Space Weather Instrument on NASA’s ICON Satellite

October 12, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), NASA, Satellite, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), USA

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) instrument aboard NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite will deliver unprecedented information to help

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Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman Launches NASA ICON Satellite on Pegasus XL Air-Launched Rocket

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air launch to orbit, Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), NASA, Northrop Grumman, Pegasus XL (Rocket), Satellite, Stargazer L-1011, USA

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced its Pegasus XL air-launched rocket successfully launched the company-built Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite for NASA.

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