Satellite News

ViaSat Technologies Limited, an affiliate of ViaSat, Inc., has signed a credit agreement for a US$525 million direct loan facility from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank).

With demand for Earth imagery increasing, manufacturers are expected to produce more than 200 remote sensing satellites over the next 10 years, according to Forecast International.

15 years ago, on 12 March 2000, the Ekspress-A2 [a.k.a. Ekspress-6A] telecommunications satellite designed and manufactured by ISS-Reshetnev Company was launched.

At the Orbital ATK test facility, the booster for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket was fired for a test on 11 March. The test is one of two that will qualify the booster for flight.

Pressure oscillations when a solid rocket motor ignites could be reduced by a new propellant formula and structure, the European Space Agency said.

Lockheed Martin has expanded its vibration measurement capabilities for testing satellite systems, with a 450-channel PULSE vibro-acoustic data acquisition system.

Allied Minds, a U.S. science and technology development and commercialisation company, announced the formation of BridgeSat, Inc., which is building an optical connectivity system to improve the wireless transfer of data from satellites.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), an organisation established by the Dubai Government in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for launch services for the KhalifaSat observation satellite.