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General Atomics

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The U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center announced three Other Transaction Authority agreements in June with a combined value of $309,000,000 to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, General Atomics, and Raytheon Technologies to develop prototype weather satellites to characterize clouds globally and observe weather in military theaters.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

NASA awarded General Atomics a $38,500,000 contract in 2018 to send the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols into orbit on the second Orbital Test Bed.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2020General Atomics to design Space Force weather satellite prototype

General Atomics’ first Orbital Test Bed launched in 2019 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy and housed five distinct payloads for commercial, government, and academic customers.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2020General Atomics to design Space Force weather satellite prototype

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems designs its EWS to leverage scalable architectures, volume-efficient packaging, and expanding satellite manufacturing capabilities to meet a proposed EWS launch date in 2022.

Mentioned as: general atomics electromagnetic systemsTechnical ProductAug 4, 2020General Atomics to design Space Force weather satellite prototype

General Atomics won a $32,900,000 contract in July to house NASA’s Total and Spectral solar Irradiance-2 spacecraft in an Orbital Test Bed.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2020General Atomics to design Space Force weather satellite prototype

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has an agreement dated 2020-08-04 to design a prototype for the U.S. Space Force Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System (EWS).

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2020General Atomics to design Space Force weather satellite prototype

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded three Other Transaction Authority agreements on 2020-06-03 with a total value of $309,000,000 to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, General Atomics, and Raytheon Technologies to develop weather satellite prototypes.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2020General Atomics to design Space Force weather satellite prototype

General Atomics won a $37,900,000 contract in 2018 to fly NOAA’s Argos Advanced Data Collection System on the third Orbital Test Bed.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2020General Atomics to design Space Force weather satellite prototype

General Atomics plans to design, manufacture, assemble, integrate, and test the TSIS-2 satellite at its existing facilities in the Denver area and at its spacecraft development, integration, and test factory in Centennial, Colorado.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 3, 2020NASA taps General Atomics to build solar irradiance satellite

NASA awarded General Atomics $38,500,000 in 2018 to send the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA), an instrument developed by JPL, into orbit on Orbital Test Bed-2.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 3, 2020NASA taps General Atomics to build solar irradiance satellite

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems won a $32,900,000 contract to build NASA’s Total and Spectral solar Irradiance-2 (TSIS-2) spacecraft.

Mentioned as: general atomics electromagnetic systemsOrg RelationshipAug 3, 2020NASA taps General Atomics to build solar irradiance satellite

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems won a $37,900,000 contract in 2018 to fly the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Argos Advanced Data Collection System on the third Orbital Test Bed.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 3, 2020NASA taps General Atomics to build solar irradiance satellite

General Atomics based the TSIS-2 design on its Orbital Test Bed, a scalable, modular platform designed to accommodate multiple payloads from a single customer or hosted payloads from multiple customers.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsTechnical ProductAug 3, 2020NASA taps General Atomics to build solar irradiance satellite

Under the TSIS-2 contract, General Atomics will develop and test the spacecraft, integrate instruments, and support the launch and in-orbit operations for three years.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative PlanAug 3, 2020NASA taps General Atomics to build solar irradiance satellite

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded three Other Transaction Authority agreements on 2020-06-03 totaling $309,000,000 to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group, and Raytheon Technologies to develop prototypes for the Electro Optical/Infrared Weather Satellite System.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 2, 2020Raytheon designs prototype for Space Force weather satellite

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded ASTRA, Raytheon Technologies, and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group other transaction authority agreements with a combined value of $309,000,000.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipJun 26, 2020ASTRA wins contract to study weather cubesat constellation

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems signed an agreement with the Space Development Agency on 2020-06-05 to conduct a series of experiments for optical inter-satellite links using the company’s laser communication terminals.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2020DoD to test laser communications terminals in low Earth orbit

For an experiment scheduled to launch in March 2021, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will develop two 12U cubesats, each hosting an infrared payload and a laser communications terminal.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2020DoD to test laser communications terminals in low Earth orbit

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems opened a spacecraft development, integration, and test factory in Centennial, Colorado on 2020-04-09.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2020General Atomics opens satellite factory in Colorado

General Atomics plans to produce ESPA-class satellites at the Centennial, Colorado facility.

Mentioned as: general atomicsNarrative PlanApr 9, 2020General Atomics opens satellite factory in Colorado
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