Satellite News

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. said that underwriters bought their full allotment of additional shares in Gilat’s public offering, bringing gross proceeds to US$68.4 million (EUR51.8 million).

The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUVI) instrument — designed and built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) — has begun returning images of the Sun’s corona as part of NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO).

South Korea plans to build an infrared sensing satellite that will be able to detect real airplanes parked at military air bases from fakes, according to the National Space Committee.

Swales Aerospace has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR), for the TacSat-3 Modular Bus programme, which is sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicle Directorate (AFRL/VS), as part of the Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space initiative.