HPA Congratulates NASA on GeoCARB Hosted Payload 12/15/2016 NASA recently announced that its Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCARB) will launch as a hosted payload on a commercial satellite. The Hosted Payload Alliance congratulates NASA on this innovative new mission and applauds its decision to incorporate commercial space in its portfolio thinking.
[HPA member] SSL selected to help U.S. Air Force test and validate scenarios for hosting payloads 09/19/2017 SSL, a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, today announced it was selected by Innoflight, Inc., a veteran-owned business specializing in electronics systems for Defense & Aerospace, to provide a high fidelity simulation environment for testing the security of hosted payloads on commercial satellites. The capability, which is being developed for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) as part of its Secure IP Payload Accommodation Demonstration Project, will enable SMC to demonstrate cybersecure payload hosting scenarios, concepts of operation, and cybersecurity controls.