Star One Setting Up For Space
The Star One C1 communications satellite has been transferred to the Kourou, French Guiana launch site by Thales Alenia Space. Star One C1 is dedicated to the Brazilian satellite operator Star One.
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Thuraya Gets No Shore Leave After Boeing Shipment
The third Thuraya communications satellite has now been shipped by Boeing [NYSE: BA] from their El Segundo, California manufacturing facility to the Sea Launch Home Port located in Long Beach, California. At the Sea Launch facility, the satellite will be prepped for its launch next month.
Read MoreGreat Galileo Goodies For NovAtel
NovAtel Inc. [NASDAQ: NGPS] has been awarded of a contract worth €6.3M (US$8.6M) by Thales Alenia Space Italia (TAS-I) for the continued development of the Ground Reception Chain (GRC) reference receiver for Galileo, Europe’s state-of-the-art Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). TAS-I, NovAtel and Space Engineering were initially selected by the European Space Agency (ESA)/ESNIS/Thales Alenia Space France (TAS-F) and began work on the program in June 2005.
Read MoreSpaceDev’s Thermal Thrust
SpaceDev [OTCBB: SPDV] is the recipient of a contract from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The first phase contract value is $3.75 million for the initial development of solar thermal propulsion (STP) and bus design for the High Delta-V Satellite Program. SpaceDev has assembled a team, including General Atomics and BAE Systems, to deliver strong and proven capabilities to address the program’s technical challenges.
Read MoreGetting Gaia Going, Maxwell’s Goal
Maxwell Technologies Inc. [NASDAQ: MXWL] has won a contract valued at approximately $3 million from Astrium’s United Kingdom-based satellite unit to supply single board computers (SBC) for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) “Gaia” astronomy mission. The goal of the mission is to survey more than a billion stars and other celestial bodies in order to trace the origin and evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Read MoreOrbital Sciences’ News Omnipresence
Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB] has been selected by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to design, manufacture, integrate and test the Nuclear Spectroscopic Array (NuSTAR) scientific satellite. Plus, Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Orbital Boost Vehicle (OBV), which is the booster rocket for the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI), was successfully launched as part of a test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program.
Read MorePower To The Project By QinetiQ
A battery developed by a QinetiQ-led consortium, including ABSL Space Products (ABSL), has successfully powered key, scientific payloads during the final stages of the Foton-M3 mission into space. Foton-M3 is a Russian unmanned spacecraft launched on September 14th from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Read MoreBoth Beaming—BSAT-3a & Lockheed Martin
Now operational for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) is the Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] BSAT-3a broadcasting satellite. The on-orbit deployment and spacecraft system checkout were all successful.
Read MoreAgilent Knows How To Measure Success
Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] is going to showcase their newest test and measurement solutions for 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) at the upcoming 2007 European Microwave Conference, Pavilion 908. This event will take place during European Microwave Week in Munich, Germany, Oct. 8-12.
Read MoreHemisphere Handles Settlement & Debuts Dual-Freq GPS Receiver
Hemisphere GPS has reported the company has reached a confidential settlement with Trimble Navigation Limited. The suit related to outstanding patent infringement lawsuits filed in the Northern District of California and the District of Kansas. The company has also announced the latest addition to its product line, Eclipse dual-frequency GPS receiver technology.
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