Satellite News

NASA is preparing to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer(OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will travel to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu and bring a sample back to Earth for intensive study.

Astro Aerospace, a Northrop Grumman Corporation company, has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the AstroMesh radar antenna reflector for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite.

Vector Space Systems, a space systems company focused on micro launches and micro space platforms, announced the launch of its Software Defined Satellites business unit named Galactic Sky.