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  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Sends Communications Satellite, Secret Payload Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Sends Communications Satellite, Secret Payload Into Orbit

    A communications satellite with a classified secondary payload took off March 6 aboard a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Spaceflight Now reported Monday. The classified secondary satellite, dubbed PODSat, was integrated into Spain’s Hispasat 30W-6 communications satellite through the Payload Orbital Delivery System built by Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary. PODS is […] More

  • SSL Ships Hispasat Satellite to Cape Canaveral Launch Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL Ships Hispasat Satellite to Cape Canaveral Launch Site

    A communications satellite made by Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary for  Hispasat has been delivered to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will lift off aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket. SSL said Tuesday the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite will provide communications services for television, broadband, corporate networks and other telecommunications applications in Europe, North Africa and […] More