Satellite News

NASA said it has established a requirements baseline for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Astro Aerospace business unit has been recognised by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and The Royal Aeronautical Society for design and on-orbit performance of its deployable systems on two separate space programmes.

SES Astra said it has further increased its audience reach in Europe and remains a major driving force for digitalisation.

Harris Corporation said it has delivered the first 12 of 39 Large Aperture Multiband Deployable Antenna (LAMDA) terminals to be used by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force for multiband, mobile satellite communications.

General Dynamics C4 Systems announced that it has completed the Critical Design Reviews (CDRs) for all segments of the ground system as well as terminal waveform software of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the U.S. military’s next-generation narrowband global mobile satellite communications system.

COM DEV International Ltd. announced that it has received an Authorisation to Proceed (ATP) valued at US$1.5 million to commence work on a commercial satellite programme.

Spacehab’s Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has been awarded a one-year contract extension for payload processing services by United Launch Alliance (ULA).

Raytheon Company will lead an industry team in pursuit of the next generation Global Positioning System Control Segment (OCX), a programme to provide command, control, and mission support for current GPS Block II and III satellites as well as support to existing and new interfaces.