Orbital Sciences' Vancouver subsidiary MacDonald Dettwiler has won the $225 million contract from the Canadian Space Agency to develop and manage the Radarsat 2 commercial radar imaging satellite system, due to be launched in 2001.
Source: Flight International
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of Ball Aerospace, with the move further strengthening its US business presence.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has retired its Mars helicopter Ingenuity after the craft suffered damage upon landing.
