Satellite News

The rail convoy with the Proton launch vehicle assigned to support the launch of three GLONASS M satellites arrived in the Integration-and-Test Facility at the Baikonur launch base on 26 July and the launcher units were offloaded from rail cars.

LaBarge, Inc. has received a US$4.9 million contract from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to continue to produce complex wiring harnesses for the Atlas V launch vehicle.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed an attitude control experiment of the solar sail of the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator “IKAROS” after its deployment, using a liquid crystal attitude control device.

Six James Webb Space Telescope beryllium mirror segments recently completed a series of cryogenic tests at the X-ray & Cryogenic Facility at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Integral Systems, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, RT Logic, has received an order from DigitalGlobe to supply remote high rate data capture systems and Telemetry, Tracking and Control (TT&C) modems to optimise distribution of DigitalGlobe’s satellite imagery.

Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the second quarter 2010.

Sea Launch Company has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of EchoStar Satellite Services L.C.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation , providing EchoStar with the ability to launch up to three satellites on the Sea Launch system.
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