Satellite News

The first U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR) satellite, built by a team led by Lockheed Martin, has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to British company DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii) to provide satellite imagery of 38 countries in Europe.
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EMS Technologies, Inc. said it recently completed delivery of key anti-jamming hardware to Northrop Grumman for installation on the payloads for Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) programme.
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Lockheed Martin announced that the payload for the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) spacecraft has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing.
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The U.S. Air Force’s first Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS, formerly known as Wideband Gapfiller Satellite) spacecraft (SV-1) was shipped to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 20 July. From the site, it was transported to the Astrotech Space Facility in Titusville, Florida/USA, for post-shipment processing.
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Alliant Techsystems has been selected by Orbital Sciences Corporation as part of the Orion prime contractor team, led by Lockheed Martin , to provide the attitude control motor (ACM) for NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle launch abort system (LAS).
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Sea Launch’s prime contractor for launch system ground support, the Design Bureau for Transport Machinery (DBTM) of Moscow, Russia, has completed fabrication of a new gas deflector for the Zenit-3SL launch system.
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