EL SEGUNDO, CA—Engineers at Boeing Space Mission Systems are using additive manufacturing to reduce the amount of time that it takes to assemble satellites.
Spherical air bearing systems are commonly used to test the attitude control systems of small satellites. The frictionless nature of the spherical air bearing makes it easy to simulate a zero-gravity environment, allowing the satellite’s pitch, roll, and yaw control systems to function as they would in space without cumbersome and expensive test simulations.
WESTMINSTER, CO—Ball Aerospace will soon complete work on an expansion to its Aerospace Manufacturing Center here, adding around 122,000 square feet to increase the building size to more than 490,000 square feet.
HONG KONG — Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. said it is investing $326 million in a new satellite manufacturing plant in China in efforts to provide more accurate data for autonomous vehicles.
BOULDER, CO — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) has been selected by Made In Space, Inc. to support the development of the spacecraft platform for the company’s upcoming Archinaut One mission.
Science writer John Wilford once observed that his articles had to focus on one of these story lines to earn their way into print: "big bang, big bucks, big screwup, or big comeback - and with the Hubble Space Telescope you've got them all." He was right. Since launching into orbit almost 30 years ago, Hubble has gone from the humiliation of "techno turkey" to high-risk recovery to recognition as one of history's most prolific scientific explorers.
