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SES Selects United Launch Alliance to Launch Two C-Band Satellites to accelerate C-Band clearing
August 5, 2020
LUXEMBOURG., - SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, has selected U.S.-based United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch two C-band satellites. This launch is part of the company’s accelerated C-band clearing plan to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s…
OSIRIS-REx Spies on the Weird, Wild Gravity of an Asteroid
March 20, 2019
Research led by the University of Colorado Boulder is revealing the Alice in Wonderland-like physics that govern gravity near the surface of the asteroid Bennu.
The new findings are part of a suite of papers published today by the team behind NASA’s Origins, Spectral…
Ball Aerospace Selected for Four NOAA Operational Weather Studies
June 29, 2020
BOULDER, Colo., - Ball Aerospace was selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for four, six-month study contracts that will inform mission, spacecraft and instrument concepts for future operational weather architectures and Earth observation…
Gardner Statement on Space Force Announcement
February 20, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) today released the below statement in response to President Trump signing a directive regarding the Space Force.
“Colorado is proud to support our nation’s military space operations today and into the future,” said Senator…
General Atomics Opens New Spacecraft Development and Test Facility in Colorado
April 10, 2020
SAN DIEGO, CA, - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has opened a new, modern spacecraft development, integration and test factory with state-of-the-art laboratories and secure facilities in Centennial, CO. The 33,514 square foot facility triples GA-EMS’ capacity for…
NASA Selects United Launch Alliance’s Reliable Atlas V Rocket to Launch Lucy Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
February 1, 2019
Centennial, Colo. (Jan. 31, 2019) – NASA’s Launch Services Program announced today that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) proven Atlas V vehicle to launch the Lucy mission, which is the first mission to Jupiter’s swarm of Trojan asteroids. This award resulted from a…