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  • DigitalGlobe Launches Lockheed-Built WorldView-4 Satellite; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Launches Lockheed-Built WorldView-4 Satellite; Rick Ambrose Comments

    DigitalGlobe received initial signals from Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite 45 minutes after it launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. WorldView-4 with a Harris Corp.-made imaging payload took off aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket to join DigitalGlobe’s satellite constellation, Lockheed said Friday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed’s space systems business, said the WorldView-4 […] More

  • ULA Sets Nov. 11 for DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Sets Nov. 11 for DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Satellite Launch

    United Launch Alliance has set a Nov. 11 launch date to lift DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-4 satellite into space on-board a ULA Atlas V rocket on Nov. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. ULA said Wednesday its team is working to address Atlas V booster issues discovered during final launch preparations. Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business built WorldView-4, which will work to […] More

  • 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

  • SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes Prior to Static Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes Prior to Static Fire Test

    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida prior to the rocket’s static fire test, Space News reported Thursday. Brian Berger and Jeff Foust write the explosion early Thursday destroyed the rocket’s communications satellite payload Amos-6, built as part of Facebook’s plan to beam Internet access to remote areas in […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Adds 2 Potential Int'l Defense Customers for WorldView-4 Satellite Capacity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Adds 2 Potential Int’l Defense Customers for WorldView-4 Satellite Capacity

    DigitalGlobe has entered into separate letters of intent with two international defense and intelligence agencies to provide the organizations access to imagery from the company’s WorldView-4 satellite. One agency is slated to become the company’s 12th Direct Access Program client under a multi-year commitment to task and receive imagery from all WorldView satellites, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. The company noted the second agency expressed interest for WorldView-4 […] More

  • 7 NRO CubeSats to Fly With DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Satellite on Atlas V Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    7 NRO CubeSats to Fly With DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Satellite on Atlas V Rocket

    DigitalGlobe has announced plans to launch seven miniaturized satellites onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket as part of the rideshare program for the WorldView-4 mission. Seven National Reconnaissance Office-sponsored CubeSats will fly onboard the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s rocket that is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in mid-September to bring […] More

  • Lockheed Nears Test Completion on DigitalGlobe's WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Nears Test Completion on DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite

    Lockheed Martin is in the final stage of tests and shipment preparations on DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-4 Earth imaging satellite to prepare for the Sept. 15 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Lockheed said Wednesday final preparations on WorldView-4 include calculations on weight and center of gravity, major systems health check and image collection and downlinking tests. Carl Marchetto, vice president and general manager of Lockheed’s commercial […] More

  • Iridium to Launch First NEXT Satellite Batch in September; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium to Launch First NEXT Satellite Batch in September; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications will launch the first line of its NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base on September 12. The company said Tuesday Thales Alenia Space and Orbital ATK have completed assembly, integration and testing of the 81 satellites on the assembly line, which includes 66 operational satellites to replace the current Iridium network. “After more than seven […] More

  • Lockheed Ships 'InSight' Mars Spacecraft for March 2016 Launch; Stu Spath Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Ships ‘InSight’ Mars Spacecraft for March 2016 Launch; Stu Spath Comments

    Lockheed Martin has delivered a company-built Mars lander to a launch site in California for NASA‘s upcoming mission to study the red planet’s deep interior. A U.S. military aircraft transported InSight on Wednesday from Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where the space vehicle will undergo final integration and tests, Lockheed said […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Taps Raytheon for 2016 WorldView-4 Satellite Launch Mission Planning Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Taps Raytheon for 2016 WorldView-4 Satellite Launch Mission Planning Support

    DigitalGlobe has selected Raytheon‘s Constellation Scheduling System to provide mission planning and launch support for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 commercial satellite in September 2016. Raytheon said Thursday CSS is a commercial geospatial system that works to provide automatic scheduling and mission planning support for satellite operators and geospatial data providers. DigitalGlobe announced last year its plans to expedite […] More

  • Northrop Places Mesh Reflector on NASA Soil Moisture Research Satellite; Geoff Marks Cinnebts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Places Mesh Reflector on NASA Soil Moisture Research Satellite; Geoff Marks Cinnebts

    Northrop Grumman has installed its AstroMesh Reflector on NASA‘s Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite ahead of SMAP’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in January. The company said Friday it designed the mesh reflector to aid SMAP in its mission to measure soil moisture, collect freeze and thaw data and support weather and climate prediction and drought monitoring. Geoff Marks, chief technologist at Northrop’s Astro […] More

  • Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch

    A commercial launch services team of Ball Aerospace & Technologies, DigitalGlobe, Exelis and Lockheed Martin has completed payload fairing assembly work on the WorldView-3 remote sensing satellite ahead of its scheduled launch next week. Ball said Tuesday the DigitalGlobe Earth observation satellite will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base via the Atlas V launch vehicle to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial data for […] More