Satellite News

Andrews Space, Inc. announced the opening of an office in Huntsville, Alabama/USA, near the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal.

WorldSpace Satellite Radio has signed a contract with Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, part of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany, to develop a receiver reference design (or engineering blueprint) for the European market.

SES Astra announced that pay-TV broadcaster Premiere has signed an agreement to use SES Astra’s digital satellite platform entavio in Germany.

Alliant Techsystems , Lockheed Martin , and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne presented to NASA an oral summary of their proposal for the Ares I Upper Stage.

Boeing has submitted its final cost volume bid to NASA for production of the Ares I crew launch vehicle upper stage.

Harris Corp. has donated OS/COMET satellite telemetry tracking and control product licenses, and associated engineering/training support, to the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Department of Astronautics.

Spacehab, Incorporated announced plans to develop a new company division that will focus on manufacturing pharmaceuticals and materials in space for distribution into the commercial marketplace.

AeroAstro, Inc. announced the award of a contract to continue development of a modular, Fault-Tolerant Electronics Supporting Space Exploration (FTESSE).