NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) roared into space at 1:02 p.m. EST (10:02 a.m. PST) Monday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The LDCM spacecraft separated from the rocket 79 minutes after launch and the first signal was received three minutes later at a ground station in Svalbard, … Dowiedz się więcej
Across a satellite’s working life, batteries keep the craft’s heart beating whenever it leaves sunlight. But after its mission ends, those same batteries may threaten catastrophe. Space debris mitigation rules require the complete deactivation of electrical power sources aboard a satellite on retirement, in order to guard against explosive accidents that might produce fresh debris … Dowiedz się więcej
Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] first of four satellites for Inmarsat’s Global Xpress network, has passed all of its on-orbit testing and has now been handed over to Inmarsat. „This is an important milestone for Global Xpress,” said Rupert Pearce, CEO of Inmarsat. „The testing of the Boeing built platform and payload has been completed and shown … Dowiedz się więcej
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 Ion batteries, which will replace the aging … Dowiedz się więcej
Astronaut Koichi Wakata, who has been staying at the International Space Station as a flight engineer since November 7, 2013, will assume the post of Commander for ISS Expedition 39. Astronaut Wakata is the first Japanese Commander for an ISS Expedition mission. – Inauguration date and time: From 5:50 p.m. on March 9 (Sun.), 2014 … Dowiedz się więcej
ATK (NYSE: ATK) propulsion, composite and spacecraft technologies supported Thursday’s successful launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. This rocket carried the U.S. Air Force’s fifth Block IIF navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS IIF-5 is the … Dowiedz się więcej