Intelsat General Gets Air Force Contract to Study Using Commercial Facilities

Intelsat General received an Air Force contract to study the viability of using commercial facilities and operations expertise for tracking, telemetry and command of government satellites. The contract aims to reduce operations and maintenance costs “while enabling the government to meet national security space objectives and warfighter operational needs,” Intelsat said Wednesday in a news release (http://bit.ly/1DB0nnm). Intelsat General will partner with Braxton Technologies to do the study, it said.