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Exolaunch was a spin-off from Technische Universität Berlin. [1] [2] Since its founding, Exolaunch has supported the deployment of over 100 satellites. [3]Exolaunch has provided mission management and launch services for payloads on Soyuz and Electron rockets [4] and has announced agreements with SpaceX and New Space India Limited.
UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) was one of the world’s largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.The company was formed in August 2012 when parent United Technologies Corporation merged their existing subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand with the newly-acquired Goodrich Corporation.
Since 2011, White had a team at NASA known as the Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory, or Eagleworks Laboratories, devoted to studying exotic propulsion concepts. [79] The group investigated ideas for a wide range of untested and fringe proposals , including Alcubierre drives , drives that interact with the quantum vacuum , and RF resonant ...
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was an American aerospace and arms manufacturer headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia. The company operated across 22 states, Puerto Rico , and internationally. ATK revenue in fiscal year 2014 was about US$4.8 billion.
In July 2012, GenCorp, Inc. agreed to buy rocket engine producer Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne from United Technologies Corporation for $550 million. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The FTC approved the deal on June 10, 2013, and it closed on June 17.
In 1960, the Courier 1B, built by then Philco, became the world's first active repeater satellite.. SSL has recently pioneered research in electric propulsion systems, lithium-ion power systems and the use of advanced composites on commercial satellites, which permit significant increases in the size and power of a satellite's payload and extends the satellite's on-orbit lifetime.
Collins Aerospace was the owner of Ithaco Space Systems, Inc., formerly owned by Goodrich Company and its successor UTC Aerospace Systems. In September 2020, Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX) completes the sale of its electro-optics technology business headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut to AMERGINT Technologies Holdings, Inc. (ATH).
Selected advanced electric propulsion projects developed propulsion technology systems in the 50 to 300 kilowatts (67 to 402 hp) range to meet the needs of a variety of deep space mission concepts. The three NextSTEP advanced propulsion projects, $400,000 to $3.5 million per year per award, were limited to a three-year performance period ...