Satellite News

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., the companies announced Oct. 3. The…

Comtech PST Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., has received US$2.3 million of orders for high power amplifiers from an unnamed provider of aviation electronics and communication systems.

NASA has awarded a letter contract valued at US$1.1 billion for the first six months to United Space Alliance (USA), LLC. When definitised, it will result in a four-year contract through 30 September 2010, to cover Space Shuttle Program operations.

Antenna Technology Communications Inc., a provider of commercial satellite communications systems, announced that it has completed its contract to design, integrate and install a complete uplink teleport for AGH Media Group — AXA TV.

ESA has awarded the Norwegian Space Center the contract to monitor the scientific data sent from the recently launched Japanese solar research satellite Solar B.

Spirent Communications has been selected by DLR (German Aerospace Center) for delivery of advanced GPS (Global Positioning System)/Galileo test systems.

Fourteen laser ranging stations participated in a campaign to track ESA’s GIOVE-A satellite during the spring and summer of 2006, providing data for the characterisation of the satellite’s on-board clock. The campaign was coordinated by the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) and the GIOVE Processing Centre at ESA-ESTEC.

SpaceDev announced that its subsidiary, Starsys, Inc., has been awarded the solar array drive, antenna pointing actuators and gimbal control electronic assemblies for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) programme from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Swales Aerospace.