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Lockheed Seeks to Demystify Satellite Constellation Planning Process With New App
Lockheed Martin demonstrated at the Satellite 2020 conference a beta version of an application designed to help government agencies, academic institutions and space industry investors better understand the elements related to constellations of communications satellites, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
Report: SpaceX Projects 38 Florida Launches This Year
An environmental assessment from the Federal Aviation Administration projects a surge in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket launches in Florida in the next few years, SpaceNews reported Thursday. SpaceX plans to perform 38 launches from two launch complexes in Florida this year, including 30 missions from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.Â
Maxar’s Tony Frazier on US Government’s Use of Commercial Innovation
Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies and a four-time Wash100 award winner, wrote in an article published on MilsatMagazine how the U.S. government leverages commercial imagery, hardware and services.
Capella Space, Air Force to Demonstrate SAR Satellites’ Imagery Collection Tasking Capability
Capella Space and the Air Force Research Laboratory will test the ability of the company’s constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites to facilitate imagery collection and data downloads under a $750K contract, Breaking Defense reported Monday.
Industry Execs on Cybersecurity Risks Associated With New Low-Earth Orbit Satellites
Some industry leaders said new low-Earth orbit satellites may create a larger attack surface for cyber threat actors, Via Satellite reported Friday.
Boeing, Air Force Negotiate Terms of $605M WGS-11 Satellite Production Deal
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force are still in talks over the terms of a potential $605M “undefinitized contract actionâ€Â awarded in April to build the 11th satellite for the Wideband Global Satellite Communication constellation designed to provide broadband connectivity to the U.S. military and allies, SpaceNews reported Sunday.
Chris Bogdan: Booz Allen Eyes Open Architecture for Ground C2 System
Chris Bogdan, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the company is interested in developing a ground-based command-and-control system with an open architecture designed to support satellites used for national security missions, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.
Lockheed, Air Force Squadron Conclude GPS III Satellite Tests
Lockheed Martin has gifted the U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Space Operations Squadron a miniature model of a GPS III satellite to mark the conclusion of the spacecraft's on-orbit tests.
Atlas, AWS Form Satellite Operator Support Partnership
Atlas Space Operations has partnered with Amazon Web Services to provide research teams and commercial clients with access to satellite ground stations for storage, data processing and analysis functions.