Space Foundation News & Media
Intelsat General and L-3 Communication Systems-West Test Protected Air Force Tactical Technology on Ku-band
BETHESDA, Md. (April 7, 2014) – Intelsat General Corp. and L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West) announced the successful demonstration of new U.S. Air Force Protected Tactical Waveform technology over Ku-band transponders on the Intelsat fleet. The demonstrations and performance characterization were conducted at the Intelsat teleport in Ellenwood, GA, during the week of March 4th.…
Gooch & Housego Announces Collaborative Agreement with PhiLumina to Expand Hyperspectral Imagining Capabilities and Offerings
ORLANDO, Fla. (April 7, 2014) – Gooch & Housego and Mississippi based PhiLumina,LLC have announced a collaborative agreement with the objective of mutually expanding their capabilities and offerings for spectral imaging applications. The agreement enables PhiLumina to integrate G&H’s innovative high speed AOTF based spectral imaging technology in its spectral imaging platform to expand their…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supports Launch of Critical Meteorological Satellite for the U.S. Air Force
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 3, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, played a major role in successfully launching the 19th Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Block 5D weather satellite into orbit for the U.S. Air Force. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA)…
Space Foundation Presents Globalcasts to Schools Worldwide
The Space Foundation is now providing distance delivery of its space-themed education programs. Using Google Hangouts, the Space Foundation brings GlobalCasts featuring its Science On a Sphere® to schools across the country and even around the world. GlobalCasts during March included one for potential students and parents of a new space school opening in the…
Senate Evaluates Different Approaches for EELV Competition
On March 5, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing, “National Security Space Launch Programs.” The Department of Defense (DoD) has begun implementation of a new Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) acquisition strategy to maintain reliability and stability in the industrial base, while reducing costs and introducing competition. The first phase of the…
Space Foundation Produces FY 2015 Budget Reports for DoD and NASA
The White House released its Fiscal Year 2015 budget request to Congress on March 4. The budget is normally issued in early February, but was delayed due to a delay in finalizing FY 2014 funding. The Space Foundation has produced two reports, providing overviews and comparisons of the Fiscal Year 2015 budgets. The reports include…
House Supports Strong Federal Science Funding
On March 26, the House Science, Space, & Technology Committee held a hearing entitled, “A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for Science Agencies.” Members of the Committee agreed that investing in science and innovation was important for the United States’ maintaining a competitive economy and inspiring young people to study science,…
Senate Reviews FY 2015 Budget Request for Military Space Programs
On March 12, the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a hearing entitled, “Military Space Programs.” The hearing covered a broad spectrum of issues facing the space community including, concept studies for future military satellite architectures, updates on current satellites under production, the future of EELV competition and the space situational awareness architecture,…
More than 20 International Exhibits will be On Display at the 30th Space Symposium
Expect more international participation than ever at this year’s 30th Space Symposium, to be held May 19-22 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA. Widely known as the most important worldwide space industry conference, the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium annually attracts more than 9,000 participants. A discount is currently available on standard industry…
Pulham to Moderate Panel at Global Aerospace Summit in Dubai
In April, Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham will travel to Dubai to participate in the second annual Global Aerospace Summit. Pulham will moderate the panel, “Launch Capabilities and Its Impact on Space Commercialization,” with panelists: Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad Al Saud, Vice President, King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST)…