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Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes CST-100 Work for Commercial Crew Integrated Capability Contract
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, completed its Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) commitment in support of Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft that will help open a new era of spaceflight and carry people to low-Earth orbit from American soil once again. A CST-100 partner and team member since 2010,…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Fourth Successful Launch into Orbit in 30 Days
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 2, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, helped successfully propel another, in a series of Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF military navigation satellites, into orbit today – the fourth launch in 30 days. The latest mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of AFSPC-4 Mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 29, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, supported yesterday’s successful launch of two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites into orbit to help detect and track space objects as part of the Air Force Space Command-4 (AFSPC-4) mission. The mission, which also carried an Automated Navigation and Guidance…
NanoRacks to Team with SSL for Potential Contract Awards Under the U.S. Air Force Hosted Payload Solutions Program (HoPs)
Washington, D.C. (July 22, 2014) – The United States Air Force has awarded a five year IDIQ contract opportunity to SSL under the Hosted Payload Solutions Program (HoPs) in order to facilitate the placement of payloads designed for Geostationary (GEO) and Low-Earth (LEO) orbit. NanoRacks is pleased to be one of the SSL LEO team…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests 1 Newton Thruster for Green Propellant Infusion Mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 15, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has successfully completed a hot-fire test on its flight-representative 1 Newton (1N) thruster at our specially designated green propellant facility in Redmond, Washington. The test is a key milestone leading to on-orbit testing of the Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM), which will…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Critical to Successful Antares Launch and Spacecraft Maneuvering
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 13, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its dual AJ26 main engine system once again successfully boosted Orbital Sciences Corporation’s (NYSE: ORB) Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft on the second operational Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission, carrying the Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft to the International Space…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Study on Common Upper Stage Service for NASA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 9, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has completed a study with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to develop a common upper stage service for NASA, designed to enhance the performance of the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II medium and heavy launch vehicles for planetary and heliophysics missions, and pave…
Alliance Spacesystems Expands Solar Power Solutions Unit
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (July 7, 2014) – Alliance Spacesystems, a premier supplier to leading satellite integrators for the fabrication, assembly, integration and testing of major satellite composite structures, has announced the hiring of Ted Stern and Ken Steele to expand its Solar Power Solutions product unit. Ted and Ken bring greater than 60 years of…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports United Launch Alliance Launch of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 into Orbit for NASA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 2, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, helped propel the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) into orbit for NASA. The OCO-2 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion included an RS-27A booster engine, an AJ10-118K upper-stage engine…
Inmarsat appoints SpaceX for future satellite launches
2 July 2014 – Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite services, today announced that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its S-band satellite and up to two further Inmarsat missions. Under the terms of its agreement with SpaceX, Inmarsat expects to use the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle,…