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Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska Medium Lift Environmental Assessment Approved by Federal Aviation Administration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 18, 2016 ANCHORAGE – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation has approved the Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) Environmental Assessment (EA) for construction of medium lift launch facilities at the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA). Notice of final approval was posted in the Federal Register on…
University of Central Florida is First to Conduct Microgravity Research via NanoRacks on ISS, and in suborbital space, via Blue Origin
April 13, 2016-Webster, TX–Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have become the first ever team to experiment on both NanoRacks’ commercial research lab onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and in suborbital space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle. The UCF team, lead by physics professor and Assistant Director of the Florida…
SSC UNVEILS SSC INFINITY FOR SMALL SATELLITES AND CONSTELLATIONS
New ground operations approach offers scalability, automation, web-based services and lower operational costs COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Apr. 13, 2016) – SSC, a global provider of advanced space services, today unveiled SSC Infinity, a new ground operations service that offers customers full flexibility for small satellites and constellations. The new endeavor aims to lower costs while providing…
AGI Hires Col Mike Wasson (ret.) to Complement ComSpOC Expansion
Exton, PA, USA (April 5, 2016): Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) is pleased to announce that Mike Wasson has joined the ComSpOC team as senior director, DoD Space Operations at AGI’s Colorado Springs office. In his new position, Mike’s focus will be supporting DoD customers of the ComSpOC’s services and SSA solutions, including their application of…
Thuraya Telecoms and WiCis Sports to Support Himalaya Expeditions
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30 March, 2016 – Leading Mobile Satellite Services operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company and WiCis Sports have joined forces in a bid to support climbing expeditions to the Himalayas. The expedition, beginning on 19 March, is part of a six-month project which will take climbers from Jomsom in Nepal, to Lo Manthang,…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Helps Deliver Resupply Mission to International Space Station
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (March 23, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), helped propel the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft yesterday on its fifth operational cargo delivery flight under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services contract, transporting supplies and materials to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight, known as OA-6,…
Intelsat Promotes Skot Butler to President of Intelsat General Corporation
Luxembourg and McLean, VA, (17 March 2016) Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I), operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone today announced the promotion of Skot Butler to President of Intelsat General Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that provides satellite communications solutions to military, commercial and government customers. Mr. Butler, who will begin…
Intelsat General and L-3 Communication Systems-West Successfully Demonstrate Automatic Beam Switching for Unmanned Aerial System on Intelsat EpicNG
McLean, VA, (March 7, 2016) — Intelsat General Corporation (IGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, and L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West) announced today the successful demonstration of new automatic beam switching technology that enables Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS)…
Sierra Nevada Corporation Successfully Tests & Transfers In-Orbit Satellite Operations to ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM Initiates OG2 Commercial Service to Global Customers SPARKS, Nev. (March 7, 2016) – Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems has successfully completed all in-orbit checkout procedures of the final 11 satellites in the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) constellation designed and built by SNC, culminating in the transfer of operations of these satellites from SNC…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Complex 3-D Printed Injector in World’s Most Reliable Upper Stage Rocket Engine
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (March 7, 2016) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), marked another major milestone in its ongoing effort to incorporate additive manufacturing technology into its products by completing a series of successful hot-fire tests of its RL10 upper-stage rocket engine. The RL10 development engine, dubbed XR708, included a…