Conferred For The Company's Role In Helping Save A Stranded Satellite
The Electric Propulsion Technical Committee has presented its Outstanding Achievement Award to Aerojet Rocketdyne for its contribution to the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-1 (AEHF-1) Rescue Team. The team, which included two other aerospace companies and the U.S. Air Force, helped save the AEHF-1 military communications satellite and place it into proper orbit after the spacecraft's main bipropellant engine failed to ignite.