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Space Micro's Proton100k Computer Reaches Space
Space Micro Inc. announced that its Proton 100k space computer has been launched aboard the TacSat-2 satellite. The Proton 100k Radiation Hardened Single Board Computer is the instrument computer of...
Calian Announces $15 Million RFT Contract
Calian Technologies Ltd. reported Dec. 27 its has received a contract valued in excess of $15 million Canadian dollars ($12.9 million) to develop radio frequency terminals for a new mobile...
DirecTV Launches Airport Kiosk Service
A captive audience of travelers waiting out delays in Denver International Airport (DIA) can bide their time watching DirecTV following the Dec. 28 launch of the satellite TV provider’s first...
Lockheed Martin Delivers Advanced EHF Hardware
Lockheed Martin has delivered the flight structure for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellite to the company’s Mississippi facility for integration with its propulsion subsystem, Lockheed Martin announced...
European Astronomy Satellite Lifts Off
France’s Corot astronomy spacecraft was placed into polar orbit Dec. 27 by an enhanced Russian Soyuz 2-1b rocket in a mission conducted jointly from Baikonur Cosmodrome by Arianespace and its...
Despite Delays, JAXA Deploys Satellite Antenna
Following a day’s delay, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Dec. 26 that a key receiving antenna on its Kiku-8 engineering test satellite had been deployed, pushing completion of...
Air Force Orders Fifth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite
Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. was awarded a $50.7 million contract modification to begin work on the fifth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS), the U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22. The contract...