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Archive for April 15th, 2015

Different explanations for Antares explosion

April 15th, 2015 by

Orbital ATK and GenCorp differ slightly over what caused the crash of Orbital’s Antares rocket on 28 October. Both agree that there had been excessive wear in the bearings of the engine provided by GenCorp. But what caused it?

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Astro Aerospace delivers JWST deployable tower assembly

April 15th, 2015 by

Northrop Grumman Corporation reached another major milestone for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope this week, with the delivery of the Deployable Tower Assembly (DTA).

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Exelis delivers encryptors for GPS OCX

April 15th, 2015 by

Exelis delivered six enhanced ground encryptors, which will improve information security for the Global Positioning System’s Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), to Raytheon Company . GPS OCX is part of the U.S. Air Force’s GPS modernisation programme.

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SES to provide satellite capacity for USCENTCOM

April 15th, 2015 by

SES Government Solutions (SES GS) announced it has been awarded a 1-year task order with four 1-year option periods to provide 288 MHz of Ku-band satellite capacity to support forces deployed to the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of operation.

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