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Lockheed Martin CRS-2 Bid Includes Hosted Payload and In-Orbit Servicing Features – Satellite Today

Lockheed Martin’s concept for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 program. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Via Satellite 03-13-2015] Lockheed Martin has revealed its proposed cargo resupply solution for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service 2 (CRS-2) contract. The solution uses a reusable space-servicing vehicle dubbed Jupiter based on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) science satellite currently in…

France Awards Three Military Satellite Orders to Airbus, Thales – Satellite Today

Photo: Thales Group [Via Satellite 03-13-2015] France’s Direction Générale de L’Armement (DGA) has selected Thales and Airbus Defence and Space to work together as co-prime contractors for a trio of military satellites. The companies were awarded to build the Capacité de Renseignement Electromagnétique Spatiale (CERES) or Space Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) capacity, which will use three…

Comtech Xicom Technology Unveils Two High Power TWTAs – Satellite Today

A Comtech Xicom SuperPower TWTA [Via Satellite 03-13-2015] Comtech Xicom Technology has released high power Ku-band and Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS)-band SuperPower Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs). Designed for efficiency, the devices can double available TWTA output power and directly replace Klystron Power Amplifiers (KPAs) in satellite communications uplink applications. The model XTD-2000KHE Ku-band TWTA supplies…

Air Force Official: Now is the Time to Investigate New Satellite Designs – Satellite Today

David Madden, director of military satellite communications directorate at AFSMC. Photo: AFSMC [Via Satellite 03-12-2015] The United States Air Force sees now as the opportune time to pursue more creative paths with future satellite designs. David Madden, director of the Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate at the Air Force Space Command (USAF) Space and Missile Systems…

Thales Alenia Space and Omnisys Open Brazilian Space Tech Center – Satellite Today

Inauguration of the Thales Alenia Space/Omnisys Centro Tecnológico Espacial in São José dos Campos, Brazil. Photo: Thales Alenia Space [Via Satellite 03-12-2015] Thales Alenia Space and Omnisys have inaugurated their joint Space Technology Center in the Sao Jose dos Campos technology park in Brazil. Initially, the new center will develop technology partnerships with local Brazilian…

View From the Top: DISA Comsatcom Official Eron Miller – Satellite Today

Eron Miller, Chief, Satcom Division, Infrastructure Directorate,DISA. Photo: DISA [Via Satellite 03-11-2015] The United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) performs the critical work of establishing and managing commercial satellite communications (comsatcom) contracts for the Department of Defense (DOD). With an eye to the future, the agency is already planning what comes next after the…