Satellite News

The prototype for Lockheed Martin ‘s next generation GPS III satellite reached a major milestone on 30 August when it successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX), being developed by Raytheon, during a series of pre-flight tests.

SSTL has developed a new satellite platform, the SSTL-X50 which according to the company baselines flight-proven heritage with new next-generation avionics to provide a smaller, lighter, flexible spacecraft with enhanced systems capabilities and quality.

Orbital Science’s Cygnus cargo ship experienced navigation system trouble, and its arrival at the International Space Station was delayed at least two days.

Since 2000, the four identical satellites of the Cluster quartet have been probing Earth’s magnetosphere in three dimensions. This week, two of them made their closest-ever approach, just 4 km, enabling data to be acquired with unprecedented detail.

Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) has signed a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop technologies to enable 3D printing of spacecraft structures with embedded radiation shielding.

The Russian Satellite Communications Company and JSC Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) have signed an agreement to set a satellite assembly operation.

Since launch, Orbital’s Cygnus logistics spacecraft and its team have been busy and performing well, the company said.

The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) recently passed NASA’s Systems Requirements Review and Key Decision Point-B and can now move into the next phase of development.