News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Dr. David Miller, chief technologist at NASA. Photo: NASA [Via Satellite 05-27-2015] NASA sees its relationship with the satellite industry tightening as the agency pursues its objectives in each mission directorate. Earlier this month NASA released its draft 2015 technology roadmaps to industry and academia, which will guide the development of space technology. David Miller,…
Team Vandenberg’s first SpaceX launch on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 from Space Launch Complex-4. Photo: U.S. Air Force/Airman Yvonne Morales [Via Satellite 05-27-2015] After a two-year effort, the United States Air Force has officially certified SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch system for national security space missions. SpaceX is now able to compete for these missions in…
Stena Forth drillship at work in the Gulf of Mexico under contract to Hess, working on the Pony Deepwater Discovery Project in 2010. Photo: Hess [Via Satellite 05-27-2015] Harris CapRock has received a contract from Hess Corporation, a top global independent energy company, to provide a turnkey, integrated telecommunications solution to support the company’s Stampede…
Antoine De Chassy, Spire’s new senior business development executive. Photo: Spire [Via Satellite 05-27-2015] Spire has appointed Antoine de Chassy, the former president and CEO of Astrium Geo-Information North America (since renamed Airbus Defence and Space) as its senior business development executive. De Chassy has more than 20 years of experience with the space industry…
Orbital ATK’s VP of Strategy and Business Development, Tom Wilson, signs an MOU in the UAE with Masood M. Sharif Mahmood, CEO of Yahsat (middle) and Dr. Ahmed Belhoul, CEO of Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. Photo: Orbital ATK [Via Satellite 05-27-2015] Yahsat, Orbital ATK, and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have…
MBC Group CEO Sam Barnett. Photo: MBC Group [Via Satellite 05-26-2015] Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC Group) is one of the strongest Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcasters in the Arab World. The privately operated media company has 20 television channels broadcasting today as well as two FM radio stations for audiences in the Middle East and North…
The Star One C4 satellite. Photo: SSL [Via Satellite 05-26-2015] The first of two new satellites for Brazilian satellite operator Embratel Star One, the Star One C4 satellite, has reached the European spaceport in Kourou French Guiana where it will be prepared for a launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Built by SSL on the…
Grace FO satellite structures. Photo: Airbus Defence and Space [Via Satellite 05-26-2015] Airbus Defence and Space has completed the development and design phase for the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment follow-on (Grace-FO) satellites. The company delivered satellite structures for the two spacecraft to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where the building phase has commenced.…
A Vricon 3D product demo. Photo: Vricon [Via Satellite 05-26-2015] DigitalGlobe has teamed up with defense and security company Saab to form a joint venture to produce photo-realistic 3D products and digital elevation models globally. Both companies will own 50 percent of the joint venture dubbed Vricon, which combines DigitalGlobe’s archive of satellite imagery and…
Advantech Wireless’ 50W X-Band GaN SSPB/BUC [Via Satellite 05-26-2015] Advantech Wireless has released a new 50W X-Band Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based Solid State Power Block/Block UpConverter (SSPB/BUC) for tactical military applications. The 50W GaN X-band weatherproof BUCs are constructed in a compact cooling enclosure specially designed for outdoor operations. Each weighs less than 3.5 kilograms and…