Satellite News

Orbital ATK, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter of 2017.

Orbital ATK, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter of 2017.

Globalstar, Inc. announced its financial results for the quarter ending 30 June 2017.

Orbcomm Inc. announced financial results for the second quarter ending 30 June 2017.

The Sea Launch international spacecraft launch service will be modernised to be suited for launches of Soyuz-5 medium-launch carrier rocket, the director general of Russia’s Roskosmos state space corporation, Igor Komarov, was quoted as saying.

Clyde Space announced a partnership with Teledyne e2v to deliver a world-first in satellite technology. With a high-tech solution provided by Clyde Space, the project team led by Teledyne e2v working with research partner the University of Birmingham, is using quantum technology to provide a technical solution capable of creating ultra-sensitive ‘cold atoms’ in space.

Space propulsion firm Busek Co. Inc. said its ‘BIT-3’ ion thruster system completed two separate Critical Design Reviews (CDR) for upcoming CubeSat spaceflight programmes. The iodine fuelled solar electric propulsion systems are the first of their kind which enable a new range of small spacecraft missions.