Satellite News

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its Kratos Integral Systems International (Kratos ISI) subsidiary has been awarded a contract to implement a satellite command and control (C2) system for satellite operations by an unnamed international customer.

Astrium signed with GeoNorth, LLC for the first multi-mission Direct Receiving Station (DRS) offering of both high-resolution and very high-resolution optical and radar satellite imagery capabilities. This new contract brings to nearly 40 the number of stations in the Astrium Services DRS network.

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with Visiona (a joint venture between Embraer and Telebras) for the Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC) programme.

NASA and ATK have successfully completed two key avionics tests for the solid rocket boosters for the U.S. space agency’s new heavy lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS).

Both satellite passengers for an Ariane 5 flight planned in early 2014 (currently: 23 January) have arrived at French Guiana, clearing the way for Arianespace’s start-up of payload preparations following their transfer by road to the spaceport.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporationhas been selected as the contractor to supply the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite-2 (GOSAT-2) satellite system, which is slated for launch in 2017.

The sixth Boeing Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, funded by the Commonwealth of Australia – the programme’s first partner outside the United States – has been delivered on orbit to the U.S. Air Force, boosting communications capabilities for the U.S. military and its allies.

ESA’s Galileo satellites have achieved their very first aerial fix of longitude, latitude and altitude, enabling the inflight tracking of a test aircraft.