RASCOM-QAF1 Set For Launch This Week
Thales Alenia Space and RASCOMSTAR-QAF (RSQ) are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of RASCOM-QAF1, the first communications satellite dedicated to Africa.
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Dragon Demo For SpaceX Gets Closer
A Systems Requirements Review (SRR) for Space Exploration Technologies, otherwise known as SpaceX, has been completed. This is the process for what will be the company's third Falcon 9 / Dragon demo under NASA's Commercial Orbit Transportation Services (COTS) program.
Read MoreImprovements To Be Realized With Upcoming Launch Of GPS IIR-M
Cape Canaveral... Florida... The fifth in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites... Lockheed Martin built this vehicle for the U.S. Air Force.
Read MoreBoeing Brings Demo On Home For TSAT
The third demo of their nexgen processor/router (NGPR) for the Transformational Satellite Communications Satellite Communications System (TSAT SS) has been successfully accomplished by Boeing [NYSE: BA].
Read MoreCanada Oot and Aboot With New Sat
The nexgen commercial satellite from Canada has been successfully launched aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Read MoreSatellite’s Non-Space Flight From Lockheed Martin To Vandenburg AFB
The shipment of the DMSP Flight-18 spacecraft has successfully been completed by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Programs Systems Group.
Read MoreLockheed Looks To New Lab For Orion Support
Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has opened a new space Exploration Development Laboratory (EDL) that will support NASA's Project Orion and Constellation Program.
Read MoreChelton Antenna Biz Gets FAA Cert
Chelton Inc., a subsidiary of Cobham plc, has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Standard Order (TSO) C132 for its HGA-7001 High Gain Satcom antenna. And there's more from Chelton in the antenna biz... the company has also received FAA DO-178B Level D Software certification for their HGA-7001 High Gain Satcom antenna.
Read MoreHauling Cargo & Crew Is Andrew’s Goal
Andrews Space has released details of the company's Andrews Cargo Module. This is a cargo logistics system capable of addressing NASA's International Space Station (ISS) cargo logistics requirements, as well as the needs of emerging customers such as Bigelow Aerospace and the Department of Defense.
Read MoreNASA & Others Wish To Dig Mars Dirt
Plans and recommendations to launch the first Mars mission and to bring soil samples back to Earth are being developed by NASA and an international team. The returned soil samples will increase understanding of either the useful, or harmful, Martian soil properties and should also congeal information regarding the possibilities of life on Mars.
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