[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] Orbital Sciences Corp. has won a $29.5 million contract to support a nanosatellite program for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory‘s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate, the company announced Nov. 14.
    Orbital will support the Autonomous Nanosatellite Guardian for Evaluating Local Space satellite program (ANGELS), which supports the directorate’s initiative to develop nanosatellite technologies capable of independently providing localized space situational awareness.
    "The ANGELS program will develop key technologies and capabilities for a broad spectrum of defense and civilian space missions," Antonio Elias, Orbital’s executive vice president and general manager of the Advanced Programs Group, said in a statement. "Under AFRL’s leadership, this effort will help maintain the United States’ continuing technological and industrial superiority in space."