Satellite News

The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center released the first award notice on 4 November under the Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation supporting technology maturation and risk reduction for rocket propulsion system development.

Two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors developed by Harris Corporation have successfully deployed onboard the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy.

Euroconsult announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the World Space Risk Forum (WSRF) whereby Euroconsult will assist in the WSRF’s commitment to the creation of a comprehensive platform for the global space risk community.

Orbcomm Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ending 30 September 2015.

As national administrations from across the world prepare to make critical decisions this month regarding global communications spectrum allocations, a newly-released report shows that studies suggesting enormous benefits of satellite spectrum for terrestrial wireless contain major flaws in logic, calculation and methodology, according to the EMEA Satellite Operators Association (ESOA).

ESA said its Space Situational Awareness efforts now generate almost 60 ‘products’ – including high-quality measurements, forecasts, alerts and expert analysis – from teams participating in the Agency’s space weather network, heading for over 140 next year.

The ORS-4 mission on an experimental Super Strypi launch vehicle failed in mid-flight shortly after lift-off at 0345 UTC on 4 November from the Pacific Missile Range Facility off Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. Details were not immediately available. The target orbit was 413 km x 489 km x 97.4 degrees.

The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s sixth heavy-lift mission in 2015 is now complete after the integration of its dual-satellite payload at the Spaceport in French Guiana.