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ULA’s Atla5 rocket used for NASA’s Twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) payload. Photo: ULA [Via Satellite 08-12-2015] Orbital ATK has purchased a second Atlas 5 mission from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA under its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. The mission will carry more…
Photo: CASIS/Made In Space [Via Satellite 08-12-2015] Made In Space, a company capable of manufacturing technology in space, and NanoRacks have teamed up to offer a “Stash and Deploy” service for CubeSat developers. Together the companies plan to build and deploy satellites from the International Space Station (ISS) or other satellite deployment platforms, using NanoRacks’…
Digital rendering of China Satcom satellites. Photo: China Satcom [Via Satellite 08-12-2015] Gilat Satellite Networks is entering into a partnership with China’s Space Star Technology Co (SSTC), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), in which SSTC and Gilat will jointly provide the satellite communications network for ChinaSat 16, the first Ka-band…
Russia’s Angara 5 rocket. Photo: Khrunichev. [Via Satellite 08-11-2015] International Launch Services (ILS) is confident that new manufacturing techniques, new technology, and new leadership will make Russia’s new Angara family of rockets a mainstay for the satellite industry. The Angara 1.2 made its maiden flight in July 2014, followed by the debut of the larger Angara…
The littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2). Photo: U.S. Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trevor Welsh [Via Satellite 08-11-2015] The U.S. Navy has ordered Digital Modular Radios (DMRs) and related equipment from General Dynamics to enable communications aboard new vessels with the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The order is valued at more…
Mirante Dona Marta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Higor de Padua Vieira Neto [Via Satellite 08-11-2015] Comtech EF Data has received an order worth $1.4 million from a large mobile network operator in Latin America. The customer plans to update its satellite mobile backhaul network. Comtech EF Data is providing CDM-625A/L advanced satellite modems with DoubleTalk Carrier-in-Carrier,…
NanoRacks deploying CubeSats from the ISS. Photo: NanoRacks. [Via Satellite 08-11-2015] NanoRacks has added Peter Bak to its ranks as the company’s first head of European operations. Bak spent the last three years working with Danish CubeSat company Gomspace as COO and head of customer deliveries. At NanoRacks, he will serve current and future European…
Carl Marchetto, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space’s new vice president and general manager. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Via Satellite 08-11-2015] Lockheed Martin Commercial Space has placed Carl Marchetto at the helm as its new vice president and general manager. Following the company’s two-satellite contract with Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Mike Hamel,…
Takashi Yabashi, president and CEO of B-SAT. Photo: B-SAT [Via Satellite 08-10-2015] Japan-based Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) intends to ramp up its progress toward 4K and 8K transmissions when its newest satellite, BSAT 4a, comes online. The operator purchased the satellite from Space Systems Loral (SSL) earlier this month to replace BSAT 3a. “BSAT…
Kratos small satellite solutions. Photo: Kratos Defense and Security Solutions [Via Satellite 08-10-2015] RT Logic, a subsidiary of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has partnered with Spaceflight Networks to offer small satellite companies ground radio products optimized for Spaceflight’s global network of ground stations. According to RT Logic, the radios meet both low rate Command…