Satellite News

Work on NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has resumed despite the U.S. government shutdown after officials determined that MAVEN meets the requirements allowing an emergency exception.

Raytheon Company successfully completed software Iteration 1.5 Critical Design Review (iCDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX).

Andrews Space announced that they’ve completed on-time delivery of four more Cargo Module Power Units (CMPUs) to Orbital Sciences Corporation which supply power to payloads aboard Orbital’s Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft.

The fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite built by Boeing, which was launched in May, has completed on-orbit testing and is now being operated by the U.S. Air Force.

Lockheed Martin said it has powered on the system module of the GOES-R weather satellite for the first time.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has started work under two Authorisations to Proceed, totalling approximately C$2.5 million, to provide key systems on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship ExoMars programme.

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. signed a memorandum of agreement with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for DLR to develop an instrument for Teledyne’s digital imaging platform, the Multi-User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES) which will be mounted on the International Space Station.

Sunjammer, the largest solar sail ever to be flown, successfully deployed a quadrant of its solar sail during a test on the ground.