News & Events

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin delivered the next Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 2 August ahead of its October launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080800

Officials with SSC, the Swedish Space Corporation, and Millennium Space Systems of El Segundo, Calif., announced they are teaming together on the first-ever ALTAIR launch to provide customisation and rapid constellation production for Millennium’s customers. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080801

Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with NASA to deploy SkyFire, a 6U CubeSat planned to launch to the moon in 2018 with Orion’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080802

U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center and 460th Space Wing announced the successful completion of the Space-Based Infrared Systems Block 10 ground system’s Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E) phase and entry into Operational Utility Evaluation (OUE), the dedicated operational testing phase of the programme. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080803

Eutelsat Communications and SpeedCast International Limited have signed an agreement whereby SpeedCast will acquire Eutelsat’s 70% stake in Wins Limited for a consideration based on a total enterprise value of approximately EUR60 million. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016080804

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