A next-generation Viasat communications satellite launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on April 30 has run into problems deploying its huge mesh antenna, a key element in the relay station's ...

A new Viasat communications satellite launched in April has been crippled by a problem when unfurling its huge mesh antenna. The problem jeopardizes Viasat’s much-needed refresh to its space ...

SMAP is sitting inside a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket set to blastoff from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base between 6:20 and 6:23 a.m. Thursday.

SMAP mission controllers deployed the 20-foot (6 meter) mesh reflector antenna fully on Feb. 24, less than one month after the satellite launched from California in late January.

For launch, the flexible mesh antenna, which is edged with a ring of lightweight graphite supports called a perimeter truss, had been tightly folded and stowed into a volume of just 1 foot by 4 ...

For launch, the flexible mesh antenna, which is edged with a ring of lightweight graphite supports called a perimeter truss, had been tightly folded and stowed into a volume of just 1 foot by 4 ...

Two mesh antennas built by Harris Corp. were successfully unfurled aboard the U.S. Navy’s first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite in March, the Melbourne, Fla.-based ...

The saucer-shaped antenna, built at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Sunnyvale, California, are constructed of aluminum ribs and Dacron mesh that are copper plated and coated with silicone.

The huge antenna for the newly launched Biomass forest-monitoring satellite has been successfully deployed, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Wednesday (May 7). The multi-day deployment ...

MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a trusted space mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced it has been awarded a contract by SWISSto12 to provide antenna systems ...

The huge antenna for the newly launched Biomass forest-monitoring satellite has been successfully deployed, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Wednesday (May 7). The multi-day deployment ...