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Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes Initial On-Orbit Checkout of Eleven Satellites Built for ORBCOMM
SPARKS, Nev. (Dec. 22, 2015) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has successfully completed the solar array deployment and initial on-orbit checkout phase as planned for all 11 satellites launched for ORBCOMM’s Generation 2 (OG2) Mission 2. The communication satellites were launched on December 21, 2015 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a dedicated…
a.i. solutions Awarded 9.5 Year Contract to Support NASA and Air Force Launch Operations
LANHAM, Md. (Dec. 12, 2016) – a.i. solutions today announced it has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a potential value of $387.6M over 9.5 years to support NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP). The contract, known as Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support 3 (ELVIS 3), will provide end-to-end launch services for NASA and NASA-sponsored payloads…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports ULA Launch of Wideband Global SATCOM Spacecraft for U.S. Military
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Dec. 7, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), played a major role in successfully launching and placing the eighth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-8) spacecraft into orbit for the U.S. military. The mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United…
Aerojet Rocketdyne to Mature Rotating Detonation Engine Technology in Cooperation with Department of Energy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 29, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), has signed a cooperative agreement with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the U.S. Department of Energy to develop air-breathing rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology that could enable the combined cycle efficiency of natural gas-fueled power plants…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of NOAA's Next-Generation Geostationary Weather Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 19, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully supported the launch of the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. The mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of WorldView-4 Commercial Earth Observation Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 11, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully supported the launch of WorldView-4, DigitalGlobe’s newest high-accuracy, high-resolution imaging satellite. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket today. Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion on the Atlas…
Midland International Air & Space Port Receives Dream Chaser® Spacecraft Compatible Landing Site Designation
SPARKS, Nev. (Nov. 3, 2016) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and the Midland Development Corporation (MDC) today announce that Midland International Air & Space Port is now considered a compatible landing site for SNC’s Dream Chaser spacecraft. Midland International Air & Space Port, located in Midland, Texas, has successfully completed the compatibility portion of the Dream…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Completes Launch Abort Engine Hot Fire Tests to Support Next Era of Human Spaceflight Launches from the United States
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 31, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), has successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on two Launch Abort Engines (LAE) featuring innovative new propellant valves for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner service module propulsion system. The tests were conducted in the Mojave Desert…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 25, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) today announced that Paul R. Lundstrom will join the company as vice president of Finance and chief financial officer (CFO) on Nov. 7, 2016. Lundstrom will report directly to CEO and President Eileen Drake and will be based out of the corporate headquarters…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers First Set of Propulsion Hardware for Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 18, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), has completed delivery of the first set of hardware for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner service module propulsion system. The Starliner is designed to ferry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The first delivered…