U.S. Army… The Shadow Knows (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] Near real time streaming from UAV via TCDL...
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Northrop Grumman… Test ICBM Interloper ID’d + Tracked (Satellites)
[SatNews] The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration program satellites, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), detected the test launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) September 17 and tracked it through the boost and post-boost phases for the first time.
Read MoreLockheed Martin… Wishing To Climb The Fence (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] submitted its proposal today for the next phase of Space Fence, a program that will revamp the way the U.S. Air Force identifies and tracks objects in space.
Read MoreRaytheon… Please Fence Them In (Surveillance)
[SatNews] Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has completed a successful system design review (SDR) for the Space Fence program.
Read MoreBoeing + Ball… SBSS Signals Success (Launch)
[SatNews] The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has acquired initial on-orbit signals from the first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite following its launch at 9:41 p.m. Pacific time on September 25th from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Read MoreU.S.A.F. — It’s Space For SBSS (Launch)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the first Space Based Space Surveillance spacecraft carried aboard a Minotaur IV launch vehicle at 9:41 p.m. PDT, September 25th, from Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Read MoreBoeing + Ball Aerospace… SBSS Senses A Spatial Sending (Launch)
[SatNews] The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and its teammate Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. have announced the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite and ground system have completed final testing — the satellite is scheduled to be launched September 25 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman… STSS Satellite Success
[SatNews] A Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellite built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) autonomously transferred target track data from its acquisition sensor to its tracking sensor, July 23, the first time such a capability has been executed in space for the program.
Read MoreNorthrop-Grumman… STSS Accomplishes A First (Satellite)
[SatNews] A Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration program satellite showed an increased set of capabilities when it detected and tracked a resident space object — another satellite — on July 19th.
Read MoreSRA International… SSN Support Studies (MILCOM)
[SatNews] The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded SRA International, Inc. (NYSE: SRX) a task order to be performed under the U.S. General Services Administration Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services contract with an initial annual value of $1 million.
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