Aerojet Rocketdyne Selected by NASA to Mature Development of MPS-130 CubeSat Modular Propulsion System With Green Propellant

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), has entered a public-private partnership with NASA to mature the development of an MPS-130 CubeSat propulsion system using a green propellant, known as AF-M315E. Once fully developed, not only would the technology increase in-space CubeSat mission capabilities, but AF-M315E would provide a safer, more efficient … Dowiedz się więcej

Aerojet Rocketdyne Awarded Contract to Develop Propulsion Technology for CubeSats

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, has been awarded a contract from the Flight Opportunities Program Office at Armstrong Flight Test Center to develop propulsion technology for miniature satellites that could possibly lower cost and accelerate mission schedules. Under the first phase of the contract, Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop and perform hot-fire tests on its … Dowiedz się więcej

Lockheed Martin Selects CubeSat Integrators for Athena to Enhance Launch Systems Integration

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has chosen three world-class companies to provide CubeSat integration for Athena launch services. Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems LLC of Irvine, Calif., TriSept Corporation of Chantilly, Va., and Spaceflight, Inc. of Tukwila, Wash. will provide turnkey CubeSat integration services for multi-payload and RideShare missions using Athena launch services beginning in 2015. “We are … Dowiedz się więcej

CubeSat will receive GPS systems from BAE Systems

As part of Project Biarri in collaboration with DSTO, the receivers will be integrated into three small CubeSats that will be launched into low earth orbit. The CubeSat bodies are just 300x100x100mm and are fitted with small deployable solar panels. Their tiny size and miniaturised sensors make them a more cost-effective and innovative option for … Dowiedz się więcej

BAE Systems opracował system GPS dla CubeSat

Firma BAE Systems wraz z kooperantami opracowała system GPS dla miniaturowych satelitów służących do prowadzenia badań kosmicznych. CubeSat cechują się niewielkimi wymiarami 300x100x100mm oraz posiadają niewielkie panele solarne. Integracja GPS pozwoli na precyzyjne określenie pozycji CubeSat na orbicie. Pozwoli to naukowcom na ziemi na lepszą kontrolę nad procesem badawczym. Start trójki satelitów CubeSat z nowymi … Dowiedz się więcej

JAXA: Successful Deployment of DIWATA-1, First Microsatellite developed by the Republic of the Philippines, from ISS Kibo

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tohoku University, Hokkaido University, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Republic of the Philippines, and the University of the Philippines Diliman, successfully deployed „DIWATA-1,” the first Philippines microsatellite. This was also the first success for JAXA to deploy a 50 kg-class microsatellite from the ISS Japanese … Dowiedz się więcej