Satellite

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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Americas Space 

Orbital ATK Introduces Next Generation of In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Technology

March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Mission Extension Pod (MEP), Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV), Orbital ATK, Satellite, SATELLITE 2018

Orbital ATK announced its plan for the company’s next generation of satellite life extension and in-space satellite servicing products. During

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Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman to Supply Space Navigation System to Space Systems Loral

March 2, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Inertial Reference Unit (IRU), Maxar Technologies (MDA), Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Scalable SIRU, Satellite, Space Systems Loral (SSL)

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from Space Systems Loral (SSL) to supply its space navigation system for

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Americas Space 

TDRS-13 Becomes Tenth Operational Satellite in Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

February 18, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments NASA, Satellite, Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS), USA

Following its August launch and a five-month period of in-orbit testing, the third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), referred

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Europe Space 

ESA’s Aeolus Wind Sensing Satellite Completes Extensive Tests

February 12, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments ADM-Aeolus, Airbus, Arianespace, Arianespace Vega, Belgium, Earth observation satellite, European Space Agency (ESA), France, French Guiana, Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Satellite

Aeolus, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) wind sensing satellite, has left Liège in Belgium having successfully completed an extensive thermal

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Americas Space 

MDA to Develop Threat Detection System to Protect Canadian Space-based Assets

January 23, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Canada, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), Maxar Technologies (MDA), MDA (MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Satellite

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), announced that it has been awarded a contract by Public

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