July 2017

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/07/26/kratos-receives-3-million-contract-national-healthcare-network/

Rocket Crafters, Inc. (RCI) announced it has been awarded a US$542,600 research contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under the terms of the agreement, RCI is tasked to build and test a large-scale hybrid rocket engine using RCI’s patented Direct-Digital Advanced Rocket Technology (D-DART). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017072501

Educational satellite company ThumbSat has agreed to launch 1,000 of its satellites on CubeCab’s Cab-3A rocket family. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017072502

Deep Space Industries announced that Doug Jones, formerly chief test engineer at XCOR, is joining the company’s team as director of propulsion systems. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017072503

http://www.satellitetoday.com/newspace/2017/07/25/sky-space-global-kicks-off-services-first-3-nanosatellites/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/07/25/faa-grants-viasat-approval-gen-2-ifc-system/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2017/07/25/norwegian-microsatellite-deploys-antenna-vhf-data-exchange/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2017/07/25/garmin-introduces-new-five-watt-two-way-handheld-radio/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2017/07/25/rocket-crafters-will-develop-hybrid-rocket-engine-darpa/

NASA is postponing the launch of its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-M) after an antenna on the vehicle was somehow damaged during mission preparations over a week ago. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017072400