Satellite News

NASA has established a requirements baseline for ground systems to be developed in support of the Constellation Program. The systems requirements review was conducted at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 5 May.

South Africa’s second micro satellite, SumbandilaSat, is expected to be flown to Russia on 14 May.

Raytheon Company said it will submit a proposal as the prime contractor to partner with NASA on the development and manufacture of the Instrument Unit Avionics on NASA’s Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle.

Preparations are underway at Baikonur cosmodrome for the launch of four Globalstar spacecraft and that of the German radar imaging satellite TerraSAR-X.