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General Atomics-EMS

General Atomics awarded USSF contract For Phase 1 of the Enterprise Space Terminal program

August 6, 2024

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has revealed that the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded the company Phase 1 of the Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. […]

Filed Under: below Low Earth Orbit (bLEO), General Atomics-EMS, Mesh Laser Communication, Military, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Force (USSF), United States Space Systems Command

General Atomics awarded SSC follow-on contract for 2nd EO/IR EWS support satellite + services

July 11, 2024

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract modification by the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command to help alleviate on-orbit risks for the Government through the […]

Filed Under: Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. (AER), Business Moves, Contract Extension, Contract Follow-On, Design, Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Sensor, General Atomics-EMS, Ground Stations, LEO, LEO Payloads, Military, Operations Support, Parsons Corp., Satellite Ground Stations, SmallSat, smallsats, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Force (USSF), United States Space Systems Command

General Atomics to provide missile tracking payloads for Lockheed Martin’s SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer contract

March 11, 2024

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Space to deliver missile warning, tracking and defense payloads to support the company’s recently announced contract award to deliver […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Business Moves, Constellations, Contracts, Defense, Defense Payloads, Electro Optical and Infrared (EO/IR), Fire Control/Missile Defense (FC/MD), General Atomics-EMS, LEO, Lockheed Martin Space, Military, Missile Warning, Missile Warning System, News, SmallSat, smallsats, Space Development Agency (SDA), Tranche 2 Tracking Layer (T2TL), United States Government (USG)

General Atomics awarded SDA contract to demo optical comms terminals

January 24, 2024

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate the capabilities of the company’s Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) hosted on GA-EMS’ […]

Filed Under: Agencies, GA-75 (GA-EMS), General Atomics-EMS, Government, LEO, Military, Military Comms, Military Connectivity, Military Defense, Military Space, News, Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs), SmallSat, smallsats, Space Development Agency (SDA), Space-to-Space, U.S.Government

General Atomics acquires EO Vista, LLC

September 15, 2023

General Atomics has acquired EO Vista, LLC. and that business will be integrated into the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) group.  EO Vista is currently providing the advanced Electro-Optical Infrared […]

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Business Moves, Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Sensor, EO Vista, EWS Satellite, General Atomics-EMS, Military, United States Space Force (USSF), United States Space Systems Command

General Atomics now tests simulated space environments inhouse with commissioning of Thermal Vacuum Chamber

April 13, 2023

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that Thermal Vacuum Chamber commissioning has been completed at the company’s Centennial, Colorado, space system development facilities. The commissioning completes GA-EMS’ process of […]

Filed Under: Cleanroom, General Atomics-EMS, Payloads, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, SmallSat Design, Spacecraft Processing, Testing + Verification, Vacuum Testing

General Atomics GAzelle satellite completes post launch acceptance review

January 30, 2023

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) recently launched GAzelle satellite that is hosting NOAA‘s Argos-4 and RadMon payloads has successfully completed its on-orbit, Post Launch Acceptance Review (PLAR). All components are […]

Filed Under: CNES, ESPA-class, General Atomics-EMS, Hosted Payload, News, NOAA, Post Launch Acceptance, SmallSat, Spacecraft Commissioning

General Atomics receives Advanced Space contract for AFRL cislunar spacecraft

January 5, 2023

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is now under contract to Advanced Space LLC to build an ESPA-Grande class satellite, perform payload integration, and space vehicle test for the Air Force […]

Filed Under: Advanced Space, AFRL, Agencies, Cislunar Spacecraft, General Atomics-EMS, Military, Payload Integration, PNT, Position Navigation Timing (PNT), Satellite Build, Space Vehicle Test, SpEC OTA, SSA

UPDATE 3: Rocket Lab rockets the GAzelle smallsat to orbit via Electron + breaks their annual launch record + GA-EMS’ comments on the successful launch

October 7, 2022

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. broke their annual launch record with the launch of “It Argos Up From Here,” a dedicated launch for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS). The mission was […]

Filed Under: Electron, General Atomics-EMS, Launch, Launch Contract, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Systems, Launch Vehicle, New Zealand, Rocket Lab Tagged With: Featured

General Atomics satellite with Argos-4 payload completes pre-launch environmental testing

July 27, 2022

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully completed environmental testing of the company’s satellite platform and has integrated the Argos-4 hosted payload in preparation for a fall 2022 launch. GA-EMS […]

Filed Under: Agencies, CDR, CNES, General Atomics-EMS, Hosted Payload, Military, NOAA, Testing, U.S. Space Command, U.S. Space Force

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