Iridium has completed key upgrades to its ground control infrastructure in preparation for its next-generation satellite constellation.
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Restructured OCX Contract Defers Some Capabilities by 2 Years
The U.S. Air Force has finished renegotiating its contract with Raytheon for the ground system for GPS 3 satellites.
Posted inCivil
Report Cites Vulnerability in NOAA’s Satellite Ground Stations
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General says NOAA is taking far too long to address the problem.
Posted inCivil
With Commercial Crew Award Close, Rivals Mull Future without NASA Funds
The three companies bidding to succeed the retired space shuttle as NASA’s means of sending astronauts to and from ISS have different fallback plans.
Posted inLaunch
All-solid Antares Would Require Changes to Wallops Pad, Safety Rules
Should Orbital convert its Antares rocket into an all-solid-fuel vehicle, the company will have to overhaul its launch infrastructure on Virginia’s eastern shore and figure out how to comply with a NASA launch safety rule written to protect area bystanders from broken glass.
Posted inPress Release
Northrop Grumman Developing XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane Design for DARPA
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Experimental Spaceplane XS-1 […]
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Sun sets for a NASA solar monitoring spacecraft
After 14 years of monitoring Earth’s main energy source, radiation from the sun, NASA’s Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor satellite has lost contact with its ground operations team at NASA’s […]
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NASA to Investigate Climate Impacts of Arctic Sea Ice Loss [With Video]
A new NASA field campaign will begin flights over the Arctic this summer to study the effect of sea ice retreat on Arctic climate. The Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and […]
Posted inCivil
NRC Panel Says 3-D Printing Not a Killer App for Space — Yet
Additive manufacturing, a trendy technique also known as three-dimensional printing, probably will not spark an in-space manufacturing revolution any time soon.
Posted inCommercial
Small-satellite Entrepreneurs, Suppliers Part Ways on Pricing
The small-satellite industry is transforming as suppliers who previously focused on providing products and services for individual spacecraft look for ways to profit from the growing number of constellations.
