Boeing, Saft Partner on Satellite Program; Thomas Alcide Comments
Boeing has awarded Saft a multi-million-dollar order for lithium-ion batteries to power a new satellite built to expand communication and data transmission services in selected parts of Asia. Works to develop four battery packs with VES 140S space cells started in January this year with delivery scheduled for December, Saft said Monday. Thomas Alcide, Saft’s [...]
Boeing‘s fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite launched Wednesday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GPS IIF is designed to address navigation and jamming issues as well as prolong the satellite’s design lifespan, according to a statement by Boeing’s defense, space and security business. The [...]
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Ball Aerospace Earth Survey Satellite Wraps Up 17-Year Mission; Cary Ludtke Comments
May 10, 2013 No Comment
A Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.-built satellite has concluded its Earth monitoring mission after 17 years in space after initially being intended for a five-year mission. Radarsat-1 launched in 1995 for the Canadian government to collect images of Earth’s geologic features by circling the planet every 101 minutes, Ball Aerospace said Thursday. The Radarsat-1 was [...]
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Lockheed Martin is preparing for the launch of the second Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite for the Air Force. The SBIRS GEO-2 satellite is suppose to launch on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 aboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Monday. “We understand the important role SBIRS plays in our national security [...]
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Kratos Satellite System Aims To Defend From RF Interference; Bob Potter Comments
March 18, 2013 No Comment
A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary has won a multi-million dollar contract to deliver a satellite interference detection and monitoring system to an unnamed satellite operator. SAT Corp. will install its Monics satellite-monitoring product in several locations worldwide over the next three years to monitor payload data and detect interference, Kratos said Sunday. Monics [...]
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General Dynamics C4 Completes Ground System Upgrade for NASA Satellites; Chris Marzilli Comments
March 1, 2013 No Comment
General Dynamics C4 Systems has completed ground system modifications and technology updates to support the mission of NASA’s three, next-generation tracking and data relay satellites, according to a company statement. “We implemented the new technologies and enhanced capabilities on-budget and on-time for the recent launch of the first next-generation TDRS satellite, TDRS-K,” said Chris Marzilli, president of [...]
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Lockheed Martin is developing an unmanned autonomous battlefield surveillance vehicle for the Army intended to be controlled via satellite. The Squad Mission Support System drone was controlled from more than 200 miles away during a recent demonstration at Camp Grayling, Mich., the company says. For the demonstration, SMSS contained a Gyrocam 9M tactical surveillance sensor [...]
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Exelis Providing NASA Software For Earth Monitoring Satellite; Jaye Lampe Comments
February 14, 2013 No Comment
An ITT Exelis subsidiary is providing software to NASA for a satellite launched Monday to conduct research into agriculture, mapping, geology, forestry, regional planning, surveillance and education. Exelis Visual Information Solutions has provided the ENVI software for all previous Landsat program missions and has updated the program to extract metadata from files for radiometric calibration [...]
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ATK Hardware Helps Lift Rocket, Mapping Satellite; David Shanahan Comments
February 13, 2013 No Comment
ATK provided hardware to both a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture for a Monday rocket launch and for a satellite the rocket carried into space. The United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket carried an ATK composite heat shield and propellant tank and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite carries ATK hardware as well, ATK said Tuesday. [...]
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has certified an ITT Exelis vehicle movement area transmitter as compliant with agency standards on installation in airport vehicles and maintenance. V-MAT is also compliant with FAA standards on the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system, the agency’s satellite-based successor to radar and part of its NextGen program, Exelis said Monday. Ted [...]
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