Satellite News

A Spectrolab solar cell recently set a world record by converting more energy from the sun into electricity than any other ground-based solar cell without solar concentration.

This completes the reassignment of roles of the three Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites following the launch of Meteosat-10 on 5 July, EUMETSAT said.

Raytheon Company was awarded an US$8 million contract with NASA Goddard Space Center to upgrade the command, control and telemetry (CCT) subsystems of the Earth Observing System (EOS).

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has begun integration for WorldView-3, the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite being built for DigitalGlobe.

The Neutron-star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), which NASA recently selected as its next Explorer Mission of Opportunity, will gather scientific data revealing the physics of the densest matter allowed in nature, and–from the same platform–will demonstrate a groundbreaking navigation technology that could revolutionise the agency’s ability to travel to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond.

An instrument that will measure the composition of Mars’ upper atmosphere has been integrated into NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. MAVEN has a scheduled launch date of 18 November.

Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC has moved into a purpose-built company headquarters and satellite manufacturing facility in Englewood, Colorado.

Orbital Sciences Corp. provided Azerkosmos with complete control over Azerbaijan’s first national telecommunication satellite, Azerspace/Africasat-1a.