Rocket Lab National Security LLC has successfully completed the company’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta (T2TL-Beta) program — this milestone marks […]
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X-Bow passes PDR for their hypersonic booster contract
X-Bow Systems Inc. has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Large Solid Rocket Motor (LSRM) program on schedule — this is the second major technical review for […]
TESAT completes the PDR of their optical comms terminal for SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer
Tesat-Spacecom (TESAT) recently completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the company’s Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) for satellites as part of Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL). […]
The Airbus Copernicus CRISTAL Mission Satellite Built For The ESA Successfully Passes The PDR
The Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimetry mission CRISTAL is clearly on track. Following an intensive review process, the European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that the preliminary design […]
AAC Clyde Space Advances The xSPANCION Project
AAC Clyde Space and their partners have successfully completed the first phase of the xSPANCION project with a successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR), conducted jointly with the European Space Agency […]
L3Harris Technologies Missile Tracking Satellite Prototype Development For The Space Development Agency Accomplishes Key Milestone
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has accomplished a key milestone in the development of a missile tracking satellite prototype for the Space Development Agency (SDA). The completed Preliminary Design Review (PDR) defines […]
Ball Completes The PDR For NOAA’s SWFO-L1 Spacecraft… On To the Critical Design Phase
Ball Aerospace has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft — with the PDR completed, […]
Yahsat + Airbus Have Completed The PDR Of The Thuraya 4-NGS Satellite
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) and Airbus have successfully completed a key milestone in the construction of the Thuraya 4-NGS — the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Thuraya 4-NGS is […]
PDR Completed By Thales Alenia Space For Space INSPIRE
Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), has announced that a major milestone for Space INSPIRE (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) development has been […]