June 3rd, 2014 by
QinetiQ Space has won a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of the International Berthing Docking Mechanism (IBDM), a unique soft docking system for use by spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS).
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June 3rd, 2014 by
ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission has undergone its latest major test:a ‘structural-thermal’ version of the craft’s sunshield was recently exposed to an artificial Sun for two weeks in Europe’s largest vacuum chamber at ESA’s Technical Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
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June 3rd, 2014 by
The new Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite has been handed over to the Earth Science Mission Operations team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on 29 May, marking the end of a successful check-out period.
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June 3rd, 2014 by
Lockheed Martin has won a US$915 million contract to develop a new ‘Space Fence’, beating out a bid from Raytheon.
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June 3rd, 2014 by
Raytheon Company has been awarded a US$298 million firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Command Post Terminals (CPT) Production programme.
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