Says it is focusing technology development on 'utilization of on-orbit assets, and advanced ground processing that adds value to collected data'

GALILEO DELIVERY: Manufacturer Astrium has delivered the third and fourth Galileo navigation and timing satellites to the European Space Agency’s launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, following an acceptance review. The two spacecraft will be launched aboard a Soyuz rocket, joining two satellites already in space to complete the initial Galileo In Orbit Validation system. In February, Astrium received a contract from ESA to adapt the Ariane 5 launcher to be able to launch four Galileo satellites in a single mission.

LOS ANGELES — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is modifying its manufacturing flow at Hawthorne, Calif., as part of plans to boost production of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket cores to 40 per year. The re-modeling is required to ramp up the rate to meet the existing and expected launch demand, says SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell. “Next year we need to build one core per month, and then ramp up 50% year-over-year to be where we want to be.”

GALILEO DELIVERY: Manufacturer Astrium has delivered the third and fourth Galileo navigation and timing satellites to the European Space Agency’s launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, following an acceptance review. The two spacecraft will be launched aboard a Soyuz rocket, joining two satellites already in space to complete the initial Galileo In Orbit Validation system. In February, Astrium received a contract from ESA to adapt the Ariane 5 launcher to be able to launch four Galileo satellites in a single mission.

LOS ANGELES — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is modifying its manufacturing flow at Hawthorne, Calif., as part of plans to boost production of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket cores to 40 per year. The re-modeling is required to ramp up the rate to meet the existing and expected launch demand, says SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell. “Next year we need to build one core per month, and then ramp up 50% year-over-year to be where we want to be.”

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is revealing energetic, previously unobserved supermassive black holes, including a new mega-powerful class of objects that appear to have influenced the transformation of galaxies, astronomers reported Aug. 29. Observations with a range of space- and ground-based observatories over the past decade have revealed the presence of  supermassive black holes at the center of every galaxy.

Launched in late 2009 to conduct all-sky surveys with unprecedented sensitivity at infrared wavelengths

Says it is focusing technology development on 'utilization of on-orbit assets, and advanced ground processing that adds value to collected data'