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  • Maxar Eyes May-June Launch of New Earth Imaging Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Eyes May-June Launch of New Earth Imaging Satellites

    Maxar Technologies is planning to hold a launch between May 15 and June 13 for the first two of its six WorldView Legion imaging satellites onboard a SpaceX rocket. The upcoming WorldView Legion satellite constellation is meant to provide geospatial intelligence with a 30 cm-class resolution in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, the Westminster, Colorado-based […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Help Deploy Planet's Earth Imagery Satellites Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Help Deploy Planet’s Earth Imagery Satellites Into Orbit

    Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch Planet‘s Earth imaging satellites at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday at 2:37 p.m. Pacific time. Orbital ATK said Monday its Minotaur C rocket will carry a total of 10 SkySat and Dove remote sensing satellites, which will work to collect medium- and high-resolution multispectral Earth imagery for commercial […] More

  • Planet Labs to Use TCS Antennas for Earth-Imaging Satellites; Michael Bristol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Planet Labs to Use TCS Antennas for Earth-Imaging Satellites; Michael Bristol Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems will supply Planet Labs with the X/Y Tracking Antenna Systems to help track the Flock-1 Earth-imaging satellite constellation. TCS said Wednesday that features of the tracking antennas for the low-Earth orbit satellites include uplink satellite command and imaging data reception. “Capturing these high-resolution views of the earth at significant volume is a major milestone in the space industry,” […] More