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Lewis

retired
Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 1997-044ALaunched 8/23/1997
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Lewis Mission
Launch Vehicle
LMLV-1
Launch Date
8/23/1997
Last Contact
8/26/1997
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
305.5 km
Inclination
97.56 deg
Dry Mass
391 kg
Total Mass
403 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Earth Observation
Payload Category
IMG
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
Northrop Grumman
Manufacturer
Northrop Grumman
Registry
COSPAR ID
1997-044A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/339
Track
Mentions
27
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Astroscale senior vice president of policy and general counsel Janna Lewis believes the EU Space Act may complicate industry compliance.

LegalGovernanceValue 2.0Apr 22, 2026US Officials See Proposed European Union Space Act as Complicated Overreach
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The panel includes ESA Director of Technology Dietmar Pilz, Neuraspace CEO Chiara Manfletti, Astroscale US SVP Janna Lewis, and Cambridge Consultants’ Head of Satellite & Space Stewart Marsh.

GovernanceValue 2.0Apr 7, 2026SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Carissa Christensen, BryceTech

Glass Lewis recommended its clients vote in favour of Avio’s bylaw amendments, labeled the proposed changes to the board size as "reasonable," and assessed that the proposed changes taken as a whole would not impact shareholder interests.

GovernanceValue 2.6Mar 1, 2026Shareholder Advisory Firms Disagree on Avio Bylaw Amendments

Avio shareholders received conflicting guidance from the two leading proxy advisers, Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services, ahead of the 3 March 2026 vote.

GeneralGovernanceValue 1.8Mar 1, 2026Shareholder Advisory Firms Disagree on Avio Bylaw Amendments

Glass Lewis recommended that Avio shareholders vote in favour of proposed bylaw amendments that would reduce the maximum size of Avio’s board of directors.

GovernanceLegalValue 3.2Mar 1, 2026Shareholder Advisory Firms Disagree on Avio Bylaw Amendments

Launch Director Megan Lewis has instructed the team to reset the countdown clock.

PlanGeneralValue 2.1Nov 9, 2025RT by @GewoonLukas_: Launch Director Megan Lewis has instructed the team to reset the clock with a new T-0 of 3:18 PM EST / 20:18 UTC to allow for weather to clear for launch.

Murad's panel included Janna Lewis, David Radi, and Randy Segal.

GovernanceGeneralValue 1.2Oct 30, 2025Spectrum at a Crossroads. GEO, MEO, LEO, HAPS and Drones all need access

Janna Lewis aims to secure spectrum for specific applications like on-orbit servicing.

LegalCapabilityValue 2.6Oct 30, 2025Spectrum at a Crossroads. GEO, MEO, LEO, HAPS and Drones all need access

Janna Lewis is the SVP of Policy and General Counsel at Astroscale U.S.

GovernanceValue 3.2Oct 30, 2025Spectrum at a Crossroads. GEO, MEO, LEO, HAPS and Drones all need access

The crew of the flight included Jeff Elgin, Danna Karagussova, Clint Kelly III, Will Lewis, Aaron Newman, and Vitalii Ostrovsky.

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 9, 2025Blue Origin’s successful launch of New Shepard-36 and the crew of six

Janna Lewis is the Senior Vice President of Policy & General Counsel at Astroscale.

GovernanceValue 4.0Oct 7, 2025Astroscale U.S. partners with NASA for RPO testing

The first test launch of the Atlas-Centaur under NASA Lewis management succeeded on November 27, 1963.

PlanValue 3.5Mar 11, 2024The difficult early life of the Centaur upper stage

Lewis Jones is the investment vice president at Generation Space.

GovernanceValue 2.0Feb 6, 2024Venture-backed space companies face “year of reckoning”

The MOL study group was chaired by Colonel Lewis S. Norman, Jr.

GovernanceValue 1.8Jan 2, 2024Diamonds and DORIANS: program troubles, operations, cancellation, and legacy (part 3)

Airbus Ventures Partner Lewis Pinault supports applying space-tested plasma fusion power toward terrestrial plasma fusion applications.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.2Dec 12, 2023Airbus Ventures Invests $5 million in Helicity Space

Cathleen Lewis is a curator at the National Air and Space Museum.

GovernanceGeneralValue 1.0Aug 7, 2023Review: Cosmonaut: A Cultural History

Wendy Newman was formerly known as Wendy Lewis.

GovernanceValue 1.6Jan 10, 2022SpaceLink Appoints A New Vice President Of Marketing + Communications

Airbus Ventures Partner Dr. Lewis Pinault will perform as a mentor to ispace to support advancement of ispace’s lunar payload delivery capability.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.6Oct 25, 2021Airbus Ventures Invests in ispace’s Series C Extension Round

Lewis used Sentinel-1 radar imagery to identify additional construction activity around the Chinese silo site.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Oct 8, 2021Analyst uses radar imagery to shed additional light on Chinese missile sites

RedTail LiDAR Systems delivered six RTL-450 LiDAR systems to the 707th Ordnance Company stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Oct 5, 2021RedTail delivers LiDAR system to DoD’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal community