Satellite News

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., has introduced quantumGND, the first complete C2 to RF ground systems package specifically designed to meet the unique requirements of the small sat community.

Globalstar has rejected claims that its communication network is hackable. The company said recent “news stories about Globalstar are based on analysis by Synack, a startup in the business of identifying possible security flaws for which they then propose remedial measures that they insist we implement.”

ViaSat Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal first quarter ending 30 June 2015.

Orbital ATK, Inc. announced financial results for the second calendar quarter ending 5 July 2015.

EchoStar Corporation reported financial results for the second quarter 2015.

Orbcomm Inc. announced financial results for the quarter ending 30 June 2015. The company also announced it lost communication with one of its in-orbit OG2 satellites.

Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, has been selected by EchoStar Corporation to provide commercial launch services for the EchoStar XIX communications satellite.

Russia has supplied the first two RD-181 rocket engines for the Antares rocket to the U.S. under the previously signed contract, the press centre of the RSC Energia said.