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Upgraded Block C Solid Rocket Motor Case for Atlas V Successfully Tested By Aerojet.

Relevance Score: 5.802    2009-06-19 09:02:16

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, informed that it has performed a successful burst test and re-qualification of the upgraded Atlas V Solid Rocket Motor composite case. The test took place at Aerojet's test facility in Rancho Cordova, Calif.   The Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) motor case design upgrade qualifies an ...

U.S.A.F.'s SMC's Review Of DMSP-F18 Launch .

Relevance Score: 5.009    2009-10-26 13:34:18

The successful launch on October 18th of the Space and Missile Systems Center's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 18 on an Atlas V rocket marked significant program milestones for both the Defense Meteorological Satellite and Atlas rocket programs.   For DMSP, the launch marked the first time a DMSP satellite was ...

Ethereally Rising Out Of The Fog Is ULA's DMSP-F18 Launch For U.S.A.F.

Relevance Score: 4.748    2009-10-28 17:08:23

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the Air Force’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:12 a.m. PDT. Despite a foggy day, the Atlas V flawlessly provided DMSP F18 successfully to its assigned orbit after an 18 minute flight.   This ...

DMSP-F18 Gets Its Boost From Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.

Relevance Score: 4.184    2009-10-22 22:23:41

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne helped boost a Lockheed Martin-built meteorological satellite for the U.S. Air Force into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.   The satellite was aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's RL10 upper-stage engine and the RD AMROSS RD-180 booster ...

SpaceX Has A New Vice President of the EELV Customer Office.

Relevance Score: 4.106    2009-08-23 01:14:41

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has added Marv Vander Weg in the role of Vice President of the EELV Customer Office, where he will be responsible for acquiring and managing EELV missions for SpaceX's U.S. Government clients. nbsp; He will be located at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Vander Weg joins ...

Atlas V/WGS-2 Launch Set For April 3

Relevance Score: 3.919    2009-04-02 21:09:19

The U.S. Air Force will launch the second Wideband Global Communications satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 here April 3. The launch window extends from 8:31 to 9:33 p.m. EDT.This will be the second attempt to launch the Atlas V. The launch ...

U.S. Air Force's second WGS-2 Satellite launched into orbit

Relevance Score: 3.865    2009-04-04 20:50:24

4th of April the U.S. Air Force's second Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite was successfully launched by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. WGS-2 joins the service's first WGS satellite, which also launched on an Atlas V Oct. 10, 2007. Today's launch, along with WGS-1, took place from Space ...

Ball Aerospace Selected by Thales for Iridium NEXT Integration Role.

Relevance Score: 3.824    2009-11-18 01:33:02

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Thales Alenia Space have agreed to work jointly on the next-generation satellite constellation Iridium NEXT program. Ball Aerospace’s possible roles and responsibilities would be assembly, integration and test (AI&T) for the Iridium satellites.   Under the current agreement, Ball Aerospace will apply its payload ...

Ball Aerospace Selected by Thales for Iridium NEXT Integration Role.

Relevance Score: 3.560    2009-10-29 02:21:27

BOULDER, Colo. | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Thales Alenia Space have agreed to work jointly on the next-generation satellite constellation Iridium NEXT program. Ball Aerospace's possible roles and responsibilities would be assembly, integration and test (AI&T) for the Iridium satellites.   Under the current agreement, Ball Aerospace will apply ...

WGS launch pulled back again

Relevance Score: 3.359    2009-03-30 10:07:47

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Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe Complete WorldView-2 Environmental Tests.

Relevance Score: 3.312    2009-08-17 23:22:58

Boulder, Colorado-based Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. informed the successful completion of environmental testing for DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite. Longmont-based DigitalGlobe now moves one step closer to its planned launch of WorldView-2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on October 6, 2009. WorldView-2, the third commercial remote-sensing satellite Ball ...

Pentagon willing to pay for private companies’ satellite plans

Relevance Score: 3.212    2009-04-06 23:34:18

The Pentagon will pay Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. most of the cost they incurred in creating a joint venture to launch U.S. military satellites. Colorado-based United Launch Alliance, will get as much as $159.7 million of about $207 million in consolidation costs, said Pentagon and company officials. The rest ...

WorldView-2 Testing Moves Onwards And Upwards Ball.

Relevance Score: 3.149    2009-08-17 23:35:30

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed environmental testing for the WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe and has begun post-environmental performance testing.   WorldView-2 is the third satellite Ball Aerospace has built for DigitalGlobe’s constellation of commercial remote sensing satellites. The satellite is planned to launch October 6, ...

WorldView-2 Testing Moves Onwards

Relevance Score: 3.136    2009-08-21 18:30:31

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed environmental testing for the WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe and has begun post-environmental performance testing.   WorldView-2 is the third satellite Ball Aerospace has crafted for DigitalGlobe’s constellation of commercial remote sensing satellites. The satellite is planned to launch October 6, ...

Thales Alenia Space Taking Ball To Iridium NEXT.

Relevance Score: 3.114    2009-11-04 18:54:33

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Thales Alenia Space have agreed to work jointly on the nexgenn satellite constellation Iridium NEXT program.   Ball Aerospace's possible roles and responsibilities would be assembly, integration and test (AI&T) for the Iridium satellites.   Under the current agreement, Ball Aerospace will apply its payload accommodation ...

Bursting With Pride, Sunburst Electronics To Achieve ISO AS9100 Certification.

Relevance Score: 3.070    2009-08-12 18:20:50

Sunburst Electronics, a contract manufacturer of electronic controls in Erie, Pennsylvania, is slated to achieve ISO AS9100 certification by the fourth quarter of 2009 in order to extend its existing service to the aerospace, avionics, satellite and defense markets. The certification advances Sunburst's long-term goal of attaining quality management system. ...

2 International Leaders Receive Caltech Aerospace Award.

Relevance Score: 2.880    2009-09-29 18:07:51

Two distinguished aerospace leaders are the recipients of the 25th annual International von Kármán Wings Award. Receiving the honor this year are Abdul Kalam, the 11th president of India and distinguished professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, and Yannick d'Escatha, chairman and chief executive officer of the Centre National ...

Satellite vehicles and launch services

Relevance Score: 2.715    2000-04-06 15:00:41

Advent Launch Services AeroAstro Aerojet Corporation Aerospatiale Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator Air Liquide AITECH Defense Systems Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation Alcatel ETCA Alcatel Space Switzerland Alenia Aerospazio Alliant Techsystems AlliedSignal Aerospace Altair Aerospace Corporation American Astronautics Anabond Analytical Graphics Andoya Rocket Range Andrews Space and Technology Andritz Actiengesellschaft APCO Technologies Applied ...

Ball Aerospace Completes Integration for the DoD's STP-SIV

Relevance Score: 2.679    2009-04-09 17:53:36

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed space vehicle integration for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program.   Space vehicle integration will be followed by a series of rigorous environmental and operational tests continuing through August, 2009. In February 2010 is expected launch Spacecraft.   Ball ...

Comtech AeroAstro Ships STP-SIV to Ball Aerospace

Relevance Score: 2.637    2009-04-17 15:55:12

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced today that Comtech AeroAstro, Inc., has successfully delivered the first spacecraft bus for the US Air Force's Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) satellite program. This event marks the successful completion of the electrical and mechanical integration of all spacecraft components, as well as ...

Success of environmental testing of Second Advanced EHF Military Communications Satellite

Relevance Score: 2.623    2009-04-14 18:12:54

The second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite has successfully passed the thermal vacuum testing undertaken by Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Air Force's Advanced EHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms. The test was carried on ...

Intelsat 14 Launched Successfully by Atlas V Rocket Provided by United Launch Alliance

Relevance Score: 2.587    2009-12-15 16:28:54

Intelsat Ltd., a provider of fixed satellite services, has announced the launch of Intelsat (News - Alert) 14 satellite, or IS-14, by an Atlas V rocket provided by United Launch Alliance.   The satellite was built by Space Systems/Loral and it is expected to provide high-powered data services through its C- and ...

Industry Canada Produces Funding For SADI Initiative And PCI Geomatics Involvement.

Relevance Score: 2.577    2009-09-23 23:48:04

Bob Dechert, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mississauga–Erindale, on behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, has confirmed $200 million in funding for the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI) and informed a $7.6-million repayable investment in support of a research and development (R&D) project being undertaken ...

Advancing AEHF Through The Satellite's Final Testing Process.

Relevance Score: 2.513    2009-10-05 12:19:08

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed acoustic testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite. The Advanced EHF system will deliver survivable, highly secure, protected, global communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. Department of Defense.   During the test, the fully integrated space vehicle ...

Nicomatic Aims for EN 9100

Relevance Score: 2.488    2009-06-16 22:08:23

Nicomatic announces its policy to achieve the EN 9100 certificate by the end of 2009. Indeed, one of the company's priorities is to further develop their interconnect solutions for the avionics and space field. Olivier Nicollin, Nicomatic's CEO, said: "One of the few existing methods to reach a strong long-term ...

Alnair Aerospace FZC Informed About EASA Certifications.

Relevance Score: 2.434    2009-06-16 16:44:58

Asian-Based Airline First Commercially-Certified Airline to Fly Airbus A319 Aircraft With SwiftBroadband Airborne Communications System   EMS SATCOM, a division of EMS Technologies, Inc., and Alnair Aerospace FZC, a UAE-based company, informed about the award of the first European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) on EMS SATCOM's AMT-3800 ...

Aerojet And NEC To Develop Ion Propulsion Systems For Satellites

Relevance Score: 2.365    2009-08-14 03:25:06

Arerojet and NEC Corporation have informed that the companies will jointly explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets.   Ion propulsion systems can be used for geosynchronous satellite propulsion systems and deep space missions delivering significant advantages over traditional chemical ...

Aerojet and NEC Cooperate to Explore Low Power Ion Propulsion Systems for Satellites.

Relevance Score: 2.339    2009-08-12 21:47:03

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE : GY) company, and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) informed that the companies will explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets. Ion propulsion systems can be used for geosynchronous satellite propulsion systems and deep space missions ...

USAF Launches Satellite To Enhance Military Communications

Relevance Score: 2.329    2009-12-31 14:12:01

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. (EST), when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) into space. WGS satellites are designed to provide high-capacity communications to U.S. military forces. They will augment and eventually replace the Defense Satellite ...

ULA Prepares To Launch A PAN Out of the Fire.

Relevance Score: 2.295    2009-09-14 16:15:07

Preparation is 90 percent of any program, especially when executing a United Launch Alliance launch of the Atlas V PAN L-1. Fingers will be crossed as the official weather report reads:   Attached is the Official Atlas V PAN L-1 Forecast.   There is little change in the launch day forecast with ...

 

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