Northrop Picks Park Electrochemical’s Composite for Webb Telescope
Northrop Grumman has chosen Park Electrochemical’s patented composite strut to use for the James Webb Space Telescope, intended to support missions for three space agencies including NASA. JWST is an infrared space telescope developed for NASA, European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency to collaborate for projects, Park Electrochemical said Wednesday. Northrop is the prime [...]
Exelis to Build Antennas for NASA Atmosphere Study Program; Paul Eyring Comments
May 2, 2013 No Comment
ITT Exelis has won a contract to develop antennas for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to use for multinational atmospheric studies. Exelis will provide 25 multiband global navigation satellite systems for studies on meteorology, ionospheric research, climatology and space weather, Exelis said Thursday. Paul Eyring, Exelis senior director of programs for antennas, sensors and microelectronics, said the [...]
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Kratos Subsidiary Rolling Out New Command, Control Software; John Monahan Comments
April 5, 2013 No Comment
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary RT Logic has unveiled new front-end processor and gateway products intended as new hardware for satellite control facilities. The software-only products will be on exhibit at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. and are intended to consolidate space, Kratos said Thursday. Kratos says legacy systems use physical [...]
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ATK Completes Avionics, Control Test for NASA Space Launch Booster Program; Fred Brasfield Comments
March 15, 2013 No CommentATK has completed the second in a line of avionics and control tests for NASA’s Space Launch System booster program meant to in part address complexity and cost issues. The test also focused on ATK’s work to replace decades-old test equipment with new electronic support equipment, using a design that could be applied to test [...]
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Ball Providing NASA, Geological Survey Space-Based Earth Imager; David Taylor Comments
February 12, 2013 No Comment
A Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. land imaging instrument launched into space Monday for a NASA-U.S. Geological Survey satellite program to observe spectral data in infrared bands. United Launch Alliance, a 50-50 joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, launched the eighth Landsat Data Continuity Mission on an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force [...]
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Lockheed Entering Mars Spacecraft Environmental Testing Phase; Guy Beutelschies Comments
February 11, 2013 No Comment
Lockheed Martin has assembled and integrated its spacecraft for NASA and is now preparing for environmental testing ahead of its scheduled November launch for a Mars mission. That testing phase for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft will occur for six months at Lockheed facilities near Denver, the company said Friday. After testing, the [...]
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Northrop Grumman is providing NASA a set of satellites for transmitting images and data from space to Earth, with at least two out of six still operating beyond their planned 10-year lifespan. According to Northrop, Tracking and Data Relay Satellites three and five are respectively in year 24 and year 21 of their service life [...]
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