[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed a pre-shipment review for STPSat-2, the first spacecraft for the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program, Ball Aerospace announced Oct. 13.

            The review was completed Sept. 17 following assembly and performance testing of the standard vehicle and standard payload interface which is designed to accelerate the Defense Department’s space technology efforts. The testing also included functional and environmental testing of the STPSat-2 payload suite, which is comprised of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory‘s Space Phenomenology Experiment and ONR‘s Ocean Data Telemetry Microsat Link.

            Launch of the vehicle is scheduled for the 2010 second quarter on a Minotaur 4 rocket from Alaska’s Kodiak Launch Complex.

Boeing Selects Ball Aerospace to Supply Ares 1 Flight Computer   Satellite Today   April 3, 2009
[Satellite Today 04-03-09] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has been selected by Boeing as the contractor for the Ares 1 launch vehicle’s Instrument Unit Assembly flight computer and command telemetry computer, Ball announced April 2. …

Comtech Delivers STP-SIV Spacecraft Bus to U.S. Air Force   Satellite Today   January 8, 2009
[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Comtech AeroAstro Inc. has delivered the first spacecraft bus for the U.S. Air Force s Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) satellite program, Comtech announced Jan. 7. The electrical and…