Satellite News

Andrews Space announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at more than US$1.5 million to develop plug and play spacecraft subsystems and demonstrate integrated spacecraft capability.

Final payload integration is in full swing for Arianespace’s fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2008, with SES Americom’s AMC-21 satellite now installed atop an Ariane 5 ECA at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Orbital Sciences Corporation is expanding its workforce in the Southern California area with the opening of a new engineering and technology centre in the autumn of this year, the company announced.

Americom Government Services (AGS) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire AOS, Inc., engineers of secure telecommunications technologies and global network mobility.

SpaceX said it has received a US$20 million equity investment from Founders Fund, a technology venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco.

ViaSat, Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has set up a new subsidiary in the United States to take advantage of the growing international demand for economical, responsive and highly capable spacecraft for a broad range of applications, the company said.

Boeing has been awarded a US$153.5 million U.S. Naval Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. The contract is expected to run through 2010.