Satellite News

The Kepler spacecraft has been recovered and it is back on the job as the K2 mission searching for exoplanets – planets beyond our solar system.

Frequency Electronics, Inc. has been awarded an approximately US$15 million contract to supply multi-frequency timing systems for a US/DOD satellite programme.

Russia plans to put a dozen of new communications satellites into the Earth’s orbit in the next nine years, the head of the country’s communications agency Rossvyaz said.

Ball Aerospace has begun environmental testing on the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) satellite. JPSS-1 will represent significant technological and scientific advancements in severe weather prediction and environmental monitoring and will further weather, climate, environmental and oceanographic science, the company said.

NASA is soliciting ideas from U.S. industry for designs of a Mars orbiter for potential launch in the 2020s. The satellite would provide advanced communications and imaging, as well as robotic science exploration.

GS Yuasa Lithium Power, the U.S. subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corporation, announced that they have entered into a Long Term Supply Agreement with Boeing for the supply of GS Yuasa Technology’s (GYT) lithium-ion cells for use in satellite applications.

NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to design and develop an advanced electric propulsion system that will significantly advance the United States’ commercial space capabilities, and enable deep space exploration missions.

OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb, has chosen Florida in the United States as the site for its final assembly line, completing the last step in its industrial organisation.