Technology

[Via Satellite 08-22-2014] Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the Sentinel 2A Earth Observation (EO) satellite to IABG, near Munich, Germany, for environmental testing. Engineers will evaluate the 1.2-ton spacecraft’s...

[Via Satellite 08-22-2014] Mitsubishi Electric has completed the manufacturing of Himawari 8, a geostationary weather satellite for the Japan Meteorological Agency. The satellite will soon be delivered to the Tanegashima...

[Via Satellite 08-21-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected NanoSpace, an SSC company, to build a bigger version of the NanoSpace Xenon flow control product. Both Airbus and ESA...

[Via Satellite 08-20-2014] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is a few months away from finishing construction of the United Arab Emirate’s first domestic satellite manufacturing facility....

[Via Satellite 08-19-2014] Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics) has opened a new satellite systems center with a 12-meter high bay clean room capable of simultaneous assembly, integration and testing of...

[Via Satellite 08-19-2014] Lockheed Martin has completed the purchase of Zeta Associates, a software, communications and ground systems company dedicated to national security missions. The terms of the purchase, which...

[Via Satellite 08-18-2014] Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted the third and final hot-fire test for the Low Earth Orbiting Nanosatellite Integrated Defense Autonomous System (LEONIDAS) at the Air Force Research Laboratory...

[Via Satellite 08-18-2014] Bridge Technologies has released the VB273 satellite switch for L-band or Intermediate Frequency (IF). The new switch was designed to offer greater functionality than earlier generations through...

[Via Satellite 08-15-2014] Aerojet Rocketdyne anticipates the first users of the “green fuel” hydrazine alternative AF-M315E will be SmallSat manufacturers. The company recently completed testing a 1-newton engine designed for...

[Via Satellite 08-14-2014] NanoRacks and SSL’s partnership for the Hosted Payloads Solutions (HoPS) program is one of the most unique approaches to the Air Force’s recently announced Indefinite Delivery Indefinite...