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Clyde Space has been awarded an Innovation Triangle Initiative (ITI) contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to perform characterization and qualification testing on a Lithium Polymer Cell battery to demonstrate its suitability for use on Small Satellites.
Read MoreAerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has successfully completed a hot-fire testing program of NASA's Orion Crew Module's 160 lb. thrust mono-propellant engine. Test program objectives were met by demonstrating pulse mode operation of the engine at expected Orion flight conditions.
Read MoreWhat a refreshing process Newtec has devised — to further improve their products' usability, installation and operation they are redefining their entire product line that pertains to the satellite and communications industry. In other words, they are listening to their customers and are providing products and market needs for products that are easy to understand, purchase, install and operate, and will unveil the results of this extensive program at IBC2008 in Amsterdam, September 11-16.
Read MoreMITEQ had added their Model DNB2-11.725TR, Multiband Block Converter, to its 1/3 rack family of products.</b></font> This model is designed for applications where multiple frequency translations are needed between Ku- and L-band. MITEQ has also released its comprehensive Fall 2008 Satellite Communication and Earth Station Equipment CD Catalog.
Read MoreUp until now Boeing's [NYSE: BA] tests of Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites inside a thermal-vacuum chamber have been completed successfully and in record time. Once again their technicians prepare the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for an around-the-clock sequence of tests inside a thermal-vacuum chamber at the company's satellite manufacturing facility. Boeing is building six WGS satellites for the U.S. Air Force; the first was put into operation in April.
Read MoreBall Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has begun the integration of the completed imaging instrument for the next-generation WorldView-2 commercial imaging satellite being built for DigitalGlobe scheduled to be launched in the third quarter of 2009. WorldView-2 will expand DigitalGlobe’s collection capabilities by nearly one million square kilometers per day, enable intra-day revisits to a specific geographic area, and enhance DigitalGlobe’s ability to collect up-to-date imagery for customer needs.
Read MoreThe Space Foundation announces Deeya Energy™ L-Cell™ technology as a recently added Certified Space Technology. The Space Certification program was created by the Space Foundation, in cooperation with NASA, to raise awareness and understanding about the significant and practical benefits of technologies originally developed for the space program which have been adapted into products and services that improve life on Earth. Deeya Energy is a technology start-up dedicated to developing and manufacturing electrical energy storage systems based on its proprietary technology, L-Cell.
Read MoreThe two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites being built by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) withstood the tests of maximum sound and vibration levels and it looks like they're good to go.
Read MoreZephyr's reputation as the world's leading solar powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been reinforced with a world-beating three and a half day flight at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The solar powered plane built by ered with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) under their Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) Program, which is designed to move urgently needed technologies rapidly into the hands of U.S. forces in the field.
Read MoreOrbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has been selected by Intelsat, Ltd. to design, build and deliver the Intelsat-18 (IS-18) commercial communications satellite. The satellite will be based on Orbital's flight-proven STAR-2 platform and will generate approximately 4.9 kilowatts of payload power.
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