Satellite News

Raytheon Co.’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) completed risk reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force Space Fence S-band Radar program, the company announced Sept. 26. The Space Fence…

Motient Corp. and Skyterra Communications Inc. completed transactions designed to simplify the ownership and control of a pair of companies developing systems to provide Mobile Satellite Services, the companies announced Sept. 25. Motient acquired Terrestar Networks Inc. and will consolidate the ownership…

Globecomm Systems Inc. said it has received the initial payment on a US$7 million infrastructure contract for an undisclosed foreign government.

Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) said it has found a new partner that would replace Orbital Sciences in the team that was awarded a Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) by NASA.

Iran has developed a plasma-thrusting engine for spacecraft stationkeeping, state television said quoting the country’s defence ministry.

With an award in excess of US$10 million, scientists from the University of New Hampshire’s Space Science Center have been selected to build an instrument for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) third-generation weather satellites under the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) Program.

Raytheon Company’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) has successfully completed the required objectives and task requirements for conducting risk reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force Space Fence S-band Radar programme.

Boeing said it has completed Spacecraft Thermal Vacuum (SCTV) testing for the first of its Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS). The tests evaluated the WGS operating systems’ ability to withstand the extreme temperatures of space.