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Inmarsat Launches Next Generation Satellite Phone
24 March 2014: Inmarsat, (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today launched IsatPhone 2, an advanced handheld satellite phone, which offers dependable, high quality voice calls, text and email messaging outside of cellular and fixed network coverage. With a rugged handset design and an industry-leading eight hours of talk time (160…
Orbit Logic Delivers Collection Planning Software to New Customer
GREENBELT, Md. (March 20, 2014) – Orbit Logic announced today that they will deliver their Collection Planning & Analysis Workstation (CPAW) software to an undisclosed customer for an upcoming satellite imaging system. The customer will initially use CPAW for analysis to help refine the design of their imaging system as well as demonstrate system capabilities…
Pulham Discusses Role of Risk in Space on Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate Panel
On March 19, Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham participated in a panel discussion at the American Museum of Natural History in New York for the 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate. The theme was “Selling Space,” with panel moderator Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium. Other panelists included: Wanda…
Watch 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial DebateTonight
Tonight, Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham will participate in a panel discussion at the American Museum of Natural History in New York for the 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate. The theme is “Selling Space,” and the panel will be moderated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium. Other…
To Streamline Defense Acquisition Process, Position Government as Integrator, Says New Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 12, 2014) – According to a new study from Government Business Council (GBC) and Booz Allen Hamilton, 43 percent of the senior federal and military defense leaders surveyed identified the disconnect between government and industry expectations as a significant problem in the current defense acquisition process, while 60 percent identify the same…
Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace Delivers Antennas For Next-Generation GPS III Satellites 3 through 6
CARPINTERIA, Calif. (March 12, 2014) – Continuing its support for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered 32 self-deploying, monopole JIB antennas for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth GPS III satellites. Photos accompanying this release are available at http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=24084 The company’s Astro Aerospace strategic business unit…
Northrop Grumman Begins Integrating High-Speed Downlink Antennas for Fourth Advanced EHF Communications Payload
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (March 11, 2014) – Two downlink antennas that are the fastest of their kind to operate in space are being integrated into the protected communications payload built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) for the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. The company delivered the Super High Frequency Array Unit (SAU), as…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Critical Design Review on Lithium Ion Battery Orbital Unit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 10, 2014) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for a Lithium Ion battery Orbital Replacement Unit (ORU), which will continue to give astronauts the power they need to conduct important research aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Lithium…
Secretary of U.S. Air Force Visits Space Foundation
On March 7, new Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs for a community breakfast and tour of the facility. The visit was the Secretary’s first public appearance in Colorado’s Pikes Peak region. While at the Space Foundation, James toured its Discovery Center, a public space,…
First Global Xpress Satellite Successfully Completes In-Orbit Testing
07 March 2014: Inmarsat, (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today confirmed that the first satellite in its game-changing Global Xpress (GX) constellation (Inmarsat-5 F1) is on course to achieve commercial service introduction (CSI) by mid-year 2014. The announcement follows the successful completion of Inmarsat-5 F1’s month-long in-orbit testing (IOT) programme,…