Highlights of ITE Flight Programs

The following timeline shows ITE's participation in international space programs. Click on the highlighted link for  more information. Click on the camera to see a photograph or photo essay on the project.

2003 Launch of the IceSAT (GLAS) satellite (January 12). Delayed from its previous launch date in December 2002. ITE provided the retroreflector array for this mission.

2001 ETS-VIII, ITE delivers the retroreflector array for use on NASDA’s (Japan) ETS-VIII Engineering Test Satellite.

2001 GLAS, ITE delivers the the retroreflector array for this satellite to Goddard Space Flight Center for satellite integration by Ball Aerospace.

2000 QuickBird, ITE designed and built the retroreflector array for the Earthwatch QuickBird commercial imaging satellite.

1999 JASON, ITE delivers 2 arrays to JPL for integration with the JASON spacecraft in Toulouse, France.

1999 Vegetation Canopy Lidar (VCL), ITE delivers the array for the VCL satellite.

1999 Gravity Probe B, ITE delivers the retroreflector array for this satellite to Lockheed Martin.

1997 ADEOS-II, ITE delivers the ADEOS Array to Allied Signal Corporation.

1996 GFO-1, ITE designed and fabricated the retroreflector array for this satellite.

1996 SUNSAT, ITE designed and manufactured the retroreflector array for SUNSAT, a satellite built by Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

1994 Robot Operated Material Processing System (ROMPS) Mission Flies on STS-64. This is the first US built robot in space. ITE provided systems engineering, hardware development and mission operational support.

1993 MSTI-2 Retroreflector unit designed and built by ITE is used for precision tracking of MSTI-2 satellite.

1992 STS-53 carries the Cryogenic Heat Pipe (CRYOHP) experiment. ITE provided instrument development and implementation, designing and manufacturing electronics for instrument control and shuttle interface.

1991 LDEF recovery evaluation. ITE was at Kennedy Space Center supporting this effort. ITE instruments were tested and operational after 6 years in space. The planned mission life was 18 months.

1989 ASTRO-1 astronomy payload. ITE designed and fabricated the image motion compensation electronics that eliminated the effects of shuttle vibration on the experiment's Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope. Supported flights of this experiment in 1992 and 1995.

1989 LACE spacecraft launched. ITE designed and manufactured the Electrical Power System, Sensor Array System and 252 cube retro array, and supported the 30-month mission.

1987 Stellar Horizon Atmospheric Dispersion (SHAD) experiment integrated on P-888 spacecraft at Rockwell's Seal Beach facility.

1984 STS-41C carries the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) into orbit. ITE provides THERM and HEPP experiment packages for this satellite.

1983 ITE designed and fabricated the Atomic Oxygen Monitor flown on STS-8.

1982 Contamination Monitor Package. ITE designed and built this instrument for Goddard Space Flight Center. It was first flown on the STS-3 shuttle mission. This instrument has been flown many times.

1982 OSS-1. ITE designed and built the thermal canister temperature controller, palette instrumentation, telemetry subsystem and freon coolant loop plumbing.

1980 Emergency Locator Transmitter. Designed and built prototype micro controller based ELT for GSFC, for use with SARSAT program.

1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer. ITE designed and built experiment servo control and telemetry system, experiment  pyrotechnic release system, spacecraft EMI blankets.