Satellite News

The launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket with the Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103 communications satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for 31 March, the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company said.

NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s Psyche mission. The Psyche mission currently is targeted to launch in July 2022 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully conducted a full-scale static fire test of the second stage of its OmegA rocket in Promontory, Utah. Developed to support the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch programme, the OmegA Launch System remains on track for its first certification flight in spring 2021.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it was awarded an $11.5 million contract to build an advanced space radio monitoring system for a U.S. government customer. The company said the system will incorporate Kratos technologies and integrated products to help the country regulate and protect the satellite spectrum. The customer was not disclosed.