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Archive for August 24th, 2015

Orbital ATK to produce satellite tanks for LM

August 24th, 2015 by

Orbital ATK, Inc. announced that it recently signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to produce propellant and pressurant tanks for Lockheed Martin’s updated A2100 satellite platform. The five-year contract continues a 20-year relationship between Orbital ATK and Lockheed Martin for satellite fuel tanks produced by the company’s Space Systems Group in Commerce, California.

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PlanetiQ opens facility for satellite weather sensor development

August 24th, 2015 by

PlanetiQ announced the opening of its new science and engineering facility in Boulder, Colorado. The facility includes a laboratory clean room where PlanetiQ will complete the development and manufacture of its first 12 Pyxis-RO flight instruments for the world’s first commercial satellite constellation exclusively focused on weather, climate and space weather.

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NSR: EO satellite market to reach US$4.5 billion in next decade

August 24th, 2015 by

NSR’s Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO), 7th Edition report, forecasts that data, value-added services and Information Products markets from Earth Observation (EO) will reach US$4.5 billion by 2024, from US$2.3 billion in 2014.

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