The United States Air Force transferred spacecraft control authority for the STPSat-1 Spacecraft to the Naval Research Lab on 1 June at 1600Z. The USAF had been operating the vehicle since its launch in 2007 through its designed mission life of 13 months. Under contract with the NRL, Tiger Innovations...
Tiger Innovations was awarded a contract from the Naval Research Lab in response to the Broad Agency Announcement to support Operationally Responsive Space technologies. Under this contract, Tiger Innovations will initially design and develop the StreamLINK Ground Control System (SGCS) in support of the STPSat-1 mission extension effort. In addition...
Tiger Innovations has been selected to receive a Phase 1 research contract as part of the NASA Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. Tiger submitted its proposal (Automated Break-Out Box for use with Low Cost Spacecraft Integration and Test) in response to the 2007 SBIR solicitation. As part of this...
The United States Air Force announced today that STPSat-1 has completed on-orbit checkout activities and is moving into the normal operations phase of the mission. All subsystems are performing nominally and both experiments are successfully generating science data. STPSat's planned mission life is 1 year after entry into normal operations....
Tiger Innovations would like to congratulate the United States Air Force Space Test Program and AeroAstro on the successful launch of STPSat-1. STPSat-1 launched aboard the United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft has successfully reached its orbit and checkout activities are progressing. Under contract...