July 1, 2015
BETHESDA, Md. and BOULDER, Colo., June 24, 2015—PlanetiQ announced today that it has selected Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) out of Boulder, Colo., to build its revolutionary weather satellite constellation launching in 2016 and 2017. PlanetiQ chose BCT as a partner in developing the world's first commercial constellation dedicated to weather, climate and space weather based on
June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015 — The U.S. Geological Survey salutes the European Space Agency (ESA) on the successful June 23 launch of its Sentinel-2A satellite, the second satellite to be launched in Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring program. "We are very pleased to have such a talented new player join the team in watching Earth from space,”
May 13, 2015
Lanham, Md., May13, 2015—McMurdo, the world’s most trusted name in emergency readiness and response, today announced that it has opened the world’s first Emergency Readiness and Response Experience Center at its Washington, D.C. location. The state-of-the-art center will showcase the latest innovations and technology developments for search and rescue (SAR) in an immersive experience with
May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 — Leading sustainability software and data firm Ecometrica has launched a new technology which allows government departments and firms to analyse complex data from satellites without the need for supercomputers for the first time. Ecometrica chairman, Dr Richard Tipper, today announced the delivery of the new Cube+ at the UK Space Centre,
April 29, 2015
GREENBELT, Md., April 28, 2015—Orbit Logic has signed a contract for a Phase II SBIR extension sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for continued development of a flexible and scalable Autonomous Planning System (APS) architecture enabling enhanced asset-level and system-level mission planning for satellites and ground-based assets. The modular design is flexible to
March 17, 2015
On March 12, 2015, NASA successfully launched the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which will help scientists better understand the magnetic fields that envelop Earth.
March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015 — Small satellites are becoming increasingly popular tools for Earth-imaging, communications, and other applications. But they have major control issues: Once in space, they can't accurately point cameras or change orbit, and they usually crash and burn within a few months. What these satellites lack is a viable propulsion system, says MIT
February 25, 2015
Netanya, Israel, Feb. 25, 2015 — ORBIT Communication Systems, a leading provider of mission and business critical communication solutions for land, sea, air and space applications, announced today that it has won a contract to supply its Gaia-100 earth observation ground station solution to a leading Space Agency in Europe. The Space Agency is an
February 10, 2015
ARLINGTON, Va. and DULLES, Va., Feb. 9, 2015—Alliant Techsystems Inc. ("ATK") (NYSE: ATK) today announced that it has completed the previously announced tax-free spin-off of its Sporting Group business to ATK stockholders as a newly formed company named Vista Outdoor Inc. ("Vista Outdoor"). Following the spin-off, ATK and Orbital Sciences Corporation ("Orbital") (NYSE:ORB) successfully completed the tax-free, all-stock merger
