Sener has won a contract to develop the optical bench for the main instrument of the European Space Agency (ESA) satellite Flex, an acronym for Fluorescence Explorer. This is the eighth member of the ESA’s Earth Explorer family, scheduled for launch in 2022. The optical bench or Instrument Optical Module Structure (IOMS) includes the Optical Bench Assembly…

Av-Comm Satellite Communication Infrastructure division has been awarded a multi-year panel contract by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in support of its satellite communication network, following a competitive tender process. The contract opens up new opportunities for Av-Comm and affirms its ability to leverage its satellite communications knowledge and technical resources for…

UrtheCast has announced that its Earth observation subsidiary Deimos Imaging has entered into a contract with the Brazilian Ministry of Defense’s Aeronautics Command (COMAER) exceeding $2.6 million. The contract requires Deimos Imaging to supply Earth observation products and services from the Deimos-2 satellite, during an initial period of three years that could be extended up…

The House Appropriations Committee is warning NASA that lawmakers will not put up with further delays in the agency’s space-exploration missions. In a new report explaining the fiscal year 2019 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, the committee expresses concern that the delays have occurred despite “record investments” in NASA. “These slips are intolerable and must not continue,”…