KIHEI (Sept. 6, 2012) - Former NASA Astronaut Leroy Chiao will headline a new innovation series sponsored by Maui Economic Development Board.
The event is part of MEDB’s yearlong 30th anniversary celebration and an effort by the nonprofit to encourage, empower and engage the island community with building technology and developing a sustainable diversified economy for Maui County....
Amsterdam (Sept. 6, 2012) - Leading global mobile satellite services operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company announces the appointment of John Huddle as its new head of Market Development for Media Services. Mr. Huddle will oversee the development and execution of the company's global market strategies, pricing and operations of its MediaComms suite....
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 5, 2012) -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the creation of a new fellowship for basic research in the aeronautical and aerospace sciences.
The fellowship initial research will focus on the development of autonomous systems, which entails the theory and development of logic structures and control processes that allow...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that United Launch Alliance's Atlas V successfully lofted NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) on a two-year mission to explore the Van Allen belts. Each RBSP relies on an Aerojet integrated propulsion system that will be used throughout the mission to position the satellites.
The Atlas V launching RBSP also used eight Aerojet retro-rockets to separate...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 23, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its Low Earth Orbit (LEO)-7 second stage rocket motor successfully completed a hot-fire test at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Aerojet monitored the recent full-duration test in support of the Low Earth Orbiting Nanosatellite Integrated Defense Autonomous System program....
Dubai (Aug. 6, 2012) - In an exciting development for the broadcast industry, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the leading international mobile satellite operator has once again confirmed heightened streaming speeds of 512 Kbps standard IP. This enhanced performance proves that IP bonding is very effective over media broadcast solutions and simple to execute. The new streaming speeds were successfully recorded at a recent roadshow in Paris organized by Thuraya...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 5, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its monopropellant hydrazine thrusters helped guide NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) to a successful landing on the red planet at 10:32 p.m. PT on Aug. 5, 2012. The much-anticipated landing delivered the rover Curiosity to the Martian surface.
Aerojet engines assisted with entry, descent and landing. The company's thrusters also provided attitude control...
CANOGA PARK, Calif. (Aug. 3, 2012) - NASA has selected Boeing to receive $460 million in additional funding to further develop the Boeing Commercial Crew Transportation System in the third round of the Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap). In its partnership with Boeing on CCiCap, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will continue to support development of the service module with integrated launch-abort propulsion system for the...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 30, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, completed a Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) mission concept study for NASA Glenn Research Center that demonstrated the ability to reduce the mission cost for NASA Human Exploration cargo missions by more than 50 percent through the use of existing flight-proven SEP systems.
Self-funded under a collaborative Space Act Agreement, Aerojet’s SEP mission concept study yielded a...
Rockville, Md. (July 23, 2012) - GMV USA (www.usa.gmv.com) the Rockville, Maryland based US affiliate of the multinational satellite ground systems supplier, GMV (www.gmv.com), has been selected for a contract with MEASAT Global Berhad ("MEASAT") to provide the satellite ground control and payload ground control systems for the MEASAT-3b satellite. The project builds on GMV's significant satellite...
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