Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems has successfully completed critical EMC testing of ORBCOMM Inc.’s Generation 2 (OG2) prototype satellite. The ORBCOMM OG2 will serve as a prototype for a total of 18 new satellites that will constitute the company’s second generation satellite network. They are designed to improve telecommunication services as well as collect Automatic Identification System maritime tracking signals from around the globe, resulting in global “near-real-time” service upon completion of the constellation.
EMC testing took place at SNC’s Space Systems facility in Louisville, Co, and OG2 is now scheduled to launch in conjunction with SpaceX’s first Cargo Re-supply Services mission to the International Space Station on the next Falcon-9 launch vehicle.
