Satellite News

The Russian Space Troops are going to use Rokot launchers to place military satellites in orbit, Commander Col.-Gen. Vladimir Popovkin said.
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As part of the Alliant Techsystems-led team and its risk reduction efforts focused on the Ares I upper stage production proposal, Lockheed Martin has completed fabrication of two common bulkhead demonstration articles.
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NASA has signed a US$1.2 billion contract with Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Inc. for design, development, testing and evaluation of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles.
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Boeing said it has bid to provide a low-risk approach to producing Instrument Unit Avionics (IUA) for the next-generation Ares I crew launch vehicle.
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SpaceDev, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture sixty low-shock spacecraft release mechanisms for Saab Space.
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Alliant Techsystems has received a US$62.5 million contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation for the main abort motor of the NASA Orion crew exploration vehicle Launch Abort System (LAS).
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The launch of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, a mission that will explore the two largest objects in the asteroid belt in an effort to answer questions about the formation of our solar system, has been rescheduled to September.
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Thuraya will launch its third satellite on 15 October to expand its capacity and coverage area, newspaper Khaleej Times reported, citing the company’s chief commercial officer Sultan Al Ghafli.
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