Satellite News

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) announced that its space-based S-band radar system, NovaSAR, has won an Innovation award for Navigation and Surveillance Communications from The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Lockheed Martin has been named the Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year by NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC).

Prof. U. R. Rao, former Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, was inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame by the Society of Satellite Professionals International.

The Space Foundation will present its 2013 Space Achievement Award to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service for its use of space-based systems in making life-saving predictions and issuing early warnings of calamitous weather conditions.

SES S.A. announced the induction of Romain Bausch, President and CEO of SES, into the Satellite Hall of Fame of the U.S.-based Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI).

Prof. U. R. Rao, former Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space is being honoured by the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) by inducting him as a Member of the “Satellite Hall of Fame,” Washington.

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NASA’s PhoneSat project has won Popular Science’s 2012 Best of What’s New Award for innovation in aerospace. PhoneSat will demonstrate the ability to launch one of the lowest-cost, easiest-to-build satellites ever flown in space — capabilities enabled by using off-the-shelf consumer smartphones.
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