Telesat announced today it has selected a consortium comprised of Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Technologies to further systems design for Telesat’s LEO constellation.
Read More »Maxar’s SSL to Build Two New GEO Satellites and MDA Will Get Subsystem Work (Updated)
The satellite manufacturing market for larger geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites has been lagging these past few years, so the announcement of two GEO contracts by SSL, a Maxar subsidiary, is welcome news for the company.
Read More »Is the Data Breach by Orbital ATK of SSL Data on a NASA Server Corporate Espionage?
On December 6, 2016 Space Systems Loral (SSL), a subsidiary of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), was notified by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center that there had been a data breach of their proprietary data on a NASA server. Orbital ATK was responsible. SSL is now suing them, and publicly, it looks bad for Orbital ATK.
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