Satellite News

GeoEye, Inc. announced that it has received antitrust clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with its pending combination with DigitalGlobe, Inc. .

SES and GlobeCast announced they have renewed their agreement for use of transponders on SES’ NSS-806 and AMC-1 satellites.

The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, has met the requirements of a Pre-Environmental Review (PER).

The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument being built for the first Joint Polar Satellite System satellite (JPSS-1) is progressing ahead of schedule and on budget.

ATK’s Space Components Division in Goleta, California signed a contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to provide the solar array to power the Amos-6 (Affordable Modular Optimised Satellite).

GeoEye, Inc. announced that it received an order from the Government of India for stereo imagery from the high resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to support development of India’s freight railway corridor.

Lockheed Martin has completed and delivered the software waveform for the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The new waveform will enable military satellite communications terminal providers to deploy equipment that takes full advantage of enhanced MUOS capabilities.

The spacecraft and science instrument integration for the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) – NASA’s next Small Explorer (SMEX) Mission – has been completed, and final testing is underway.