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  • ULA Reschedules DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Satellite Launch to Sept. 26 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Reschedules DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Satellite Launch to Sept. 26

    United Launch Alliance has updated the estimated launch date of a DigitalGlobe commercial imaging satellite due to the availability of Vandenberg Air Force Base’s western range. ULA said Sunday the Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite will launch to space no earlier than Sept. 26. The satellite and the ULA Atlas V rocket that will carry it are currently housed in the mobile service tower at Vandenberg […] More

  • DigitalGlobe's WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite Ready for Friday Liftoff - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite Ready for Friday Liftoff

    Lockheed Martin is scheduled to launch the WorldView-4 imaging satellite for DigitalGlobe Friday onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket. WorldView-4 will lift off from the Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to a sun-synchronous orbit, where the satellite will begin to capture images of the Earth, Lockheed said Tuesday. The satellite is built to operate in […] More

  • Lockheed-Built OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Lifts Off for Asteroid Sampling Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Lifts Off for Asteroid Sampling Mission

    NASA launched a Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket on a mission to explore and collect a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Lockheed said Wednesday the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft separated from the Atlas V 411 rocket nearly an hour after launch, then autonomously deployed […] More

  • Lockheed Concludes Encapsulation Work on DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Concludes Encapsulation Work on DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite

    Lockheed Martin has completed the encapsulation of DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Earth imaging satellite into a launch vehicle fairing platform. WorldView-4 is scheduled to take off Sept. 16 onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Thursday. Lockheed will now transport the satellite to the Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for integration with the […] More

  • NASA OKs Sept. 8 Launch for Lockheed-Built OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft After Launch Readiness Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA OKs Sept. 8 Launch for Lockheed-Built OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft After Launch Readiness Review

    NASA has given the Lockheed Martin-built Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft the go-ahead to launch on Sept. 8 after the space vehicle passed a launch readiness evaluation Tuesday, Space News reported. Jeff Foust writes the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida onboard the United Launch Alliance-developed Atlas […] More

  • NASA to Launch Lockheed-Built Spacecraft for Asteroid Sample Return Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Launch Lockheed-Built Spacecraft for Asteroid Sample Return Mission

    A Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft is scheduled for liftoff on Sept. 8 from Cape Canaveral, Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket as part of a NASA  mission to survey a near-Earth asteroid and return a sample back home. Lockheed said the University of Arizona will lead the space agency’s seven-year Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer mission that aims to explore […] More

  • ULA Eyes Reusable 2nd Stage for Future Rocket to Support Orbital Activities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Eyes Reusable 2nd Stage for Future Rocket to Support Orbital Activities

    United Launch Alliance is developing a reusable rocket stage that would stay in low Earth orbit and support activities in space, Quartz reported Saturday. Tim Fernholz writes ULA CEO Tory Bruno said a fleet of the company’s future Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage will work to support large-scale LEO activities as the company envisions a future in which humans […] More

  • Lockheed Relocates NOAA Geostationary Weather Satellite to Florida Space Operations Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Relocates NOAA Geostationary Weather Satellite to Florida Space Operations Facility

    Lockheed Martin has transported the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary weather satellite aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy cargo transport plane to the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Florida. Lockheed said Tuesday the first of four Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series weather satellites are designed to help forecasters collect and analyze data on weather conditions across North America. “Our […] More

  • ULA, Air Force Launch 2 Orbital ATK-Built Space Situational Awareness Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA, Air Force Launch 2 Orbital ATK-Built Space Situational Awareness Satellites

    The United Launch Alliance has worked with the U.S. Air Force‘s 45th Space Wing to launch the third and fourth Orbital ATK-built Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites aboard a Delta IV rocket. The Air Force said Friday the launch of the two GSSAP satellites is part of the AFSPC-6 mission to advance space situational awareness. The Air Force Space Command-operated […] More

  • NanoRacks-ULA-Space Systems Loral Team to Study Rocket Conversion Into Space Habitats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NanoRacks-ULA-Space Systems Loral Team to Study Rocket Conversion Into Space Habitats

    A team comprised of NanoRacks, Space Systems Loral and United Launch Alliance will study the feasibility of converting rocket upper stages into habitats for low-Earth orbit and deep-space missions under a contract awarded by NASA. The Ixion Initiative Team aims to help NASA address risks associated with modules that are built on the ground and launched into orbit through the agency’s Next Space […] More

  • Navy Explores Options to Continue MUOS-5 Satellite Transfer Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Explores Options to Continue MUOS-5 Satellite Transfer Process

    The U.S. Navy will consider alternate orbit adjustment options, calculate mission impact and investigate options to address a propulsion system failure that occurred on the service branch’s communications satellite launch, Space News reported Tuesday. Mike Gruss writes the fifth Lockheed Martin-developed Mobile User Objective System has not transferred to geosynchronous orbit as a result of a orbit raising propulsion […] More

  • ULA Launches NRO's National Defense Payload Aboard Atlas V Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Launches NRO’s National Defense Payload Aboard Atlas V Rocket

    United Launch Alliance has launched a national security payload into space Thursday as part of the National Reconnaissance Office‘s NROL-61 mission. The Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture said Thursday it launched the NROL-61 payload aboard the company-built Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Atlas V EELV 421 configuration was built to […] More