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November 27, 2021 By admin

Saalex ELVIS 3 Team to Support Launch of Space Observatory Next Month

Camarillo, CA and Rockledge, FL (November 29, 2021) – Saalex Corporation’s Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support 3 (ELVIS 3) team will be assisting NASA’s launch of its Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a space observatory that will scientists better understand black holes and neutron stars.

The launch is scheduled for December 9, 2021, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Saalex support team will be providing NASA with engineering, programmatic and technical support for the liftoff. This is the fifth space launch that the Saalex ELVIS 3 team has participated in this year.

Through this two-year mission, scientists will be able to learn about some of the most unusual celestial objects in our universe. IXPE, a joint effort between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the Italian Space Agency and Ball Aerospace, will be looking at distant cosmic targets that include active nuclei, quasars, magnetars and black holes. It will also collect data on supernova remnants. It is hoped that this observatory will aid in the discovery of previously unknown physical processes and extraordinary celestial objects.

“It is tremendously rewarding for Saalex to be assisting with such historic space launches,” said Travis Mack, president and CEO, Saalex. “This mission will give mankind a better understanding of the distant reaches of space, and therefore, a better understanding of ourselves and our future in the cosmos. It is very humbling for the ELVIS 3 team to be a part of that effort.”

About Saalex Solutions

Saalex Solutions, the Federal services division of Saalex Corporation, supports Department of Defense agencies to include Navy, Army, Air Force, and NASA. It provides core competencies in the areas of test range operations and management, engineering and logistics services, cybersecurity, and information technology services. Founded in 1999 by Travis Mack, Saalex Solutions is a service-disabled veteran-owned business headquartered in Camarillo, CA.

Learn more at www.saalex.com.

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Saalex ELVIS 3 Team Continues to Provide Critical Support Services for Latest SpaceX Missions

Camarillo, CA and Rockledge, FL (November 16, 2021) – Saalex Corporation’s launch team has been extremely busy this week, providing critical launch and flight support for two SpaceX missions. The Crew-2 Dragon module safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday (November 9, 2021), ending the 199-day Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station. Last night, Saalex’s Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support 3 (ELVIS 3) team also assisted with the launch of the Crew-3 module, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The ELVIS 3 team supported weather briefings, mission management team meetings and readiness reviews in preparation for last night’s launch. The support required for the missions was more involved than typical operations, as NASA and SpaceX decided to bring the Crew-2 mission home before launching the Crew-3. This required the teams to perform an unusual switch from a direct to an indirect ‘handover’, allowing the two mission milestones to occur so close to one another.

The Crew-3 and Crew-2 missions were the latest space flights that the ELVIS 3 team has supported this year, having assisted the Landsat 9 launch in September, and an April SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. The ELVIS 3 team provided engineering, programmatic and technical support for each of the launches.

“The Saalex team has shown it can support a very ambitious launch schedule, which is critical to maintain our nation’s leadership in the space domain,” said Travis Mack, president and CEO, Saalex. “As the number of commercial launch companies continues to grow, they can be confident that the ELVIS 3 team will be there to support their missions, no matter how busy the launch schedules get.”