Focus: Imagery and Sensing
July 22, 2019
This coming March, the SATELLITE 2020 show will be establishing a consortium of more than a dozen civil space, government, military, academic, and commercial industry organizations that will work together to create a global sustainable orbital environment. This team of collaborators will participate in a workshop program called “Co-Lab,” which will be held on site…
July 22, 2019
The number of satellites in orbit is expected to rise considerably in the upcoming decade. More satellites mean more debris and that means a greater risk of collisions. The space industry is therefore looking for ways to safeguard space operations for years to come. When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi proudly announced that his country…
July 19, 2019
Airbus agreed to a five-year contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) to manage test and reference services to support the delivery and assured release of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capability for deployed operations around the globe. The contract is valued at approximately $24.7 dollars (22 million euros). Airbus offers…
July 17, 2019
BEI Precision Systems and Space Company delivered the Encoder/Motor Assembly for Raytheon's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) J4 payload. "The delivery enables Raytheon to continue the buildout of this key instrument in the Joint Polar Satellite System, the nation's next-generation, polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. VIIRS is changing the way we see Earth and…