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01.23.2013 DARPA Reveals Next Steps in Ambitious Phoenix Satellite Repurposing Project
[Satellite TODAY 01-23-13] The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has unveiled initial development details from its Phoenix Program, which aims to recycle older, non-functional satellites for repurposing. The agency launched a video on its...
01.15.2013 Eutelsat to Integrate New Enhancements on Upcoming MENA Satellite
[Satellite TODAY 01-15-13] Eutelsat Communications will deploy a new generation of advanced functions developed by the satellite’s prime contractor Thales Alenia Space on its upcoming Eutelsat 8 West B satellite to enhance its performance, flexibility...
01.14.2013 GNSS Value-Added Services Market Set for Solid 10-Year Growth
[Satellite TODAY 01-14-13] The Value-Added Services (VAS) market associated with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) will more than double its current intake of approximately 22 billion euros to 56 billion euros by 2021 as domestic and international...
01.11.2013 NASA Sets TDRS-K Satellite Launch Date
[Satellite TODAY 01-11-13] NASA’s Office of Space Communications and Navigation Program will launch its latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Project spacecraft at the end of the month, sending the first of three next-generation satellites...
01.10.2013 Lockheed Martin Delivers Core Structure for Next-Gen GOES Satellite
Lockheed Martin announced that the core structure for NOAA's first next-generation geostationary weather satellite has been delivered at NASA's Stennis Space Center for propulsion system integration....
01.10.2013 GeoEye Receives Government Imagery Order from India
[Satellite TODAY 01-10-13] DigitalGlobe subsidiary and imagery provider GeoEye has won a six-figure contract from the RITES Indian government enterprise agency to provide satellite imagery for a freight railway corridor development project, the company...
01.10.2013 MDA Pulls in $706 Million from Latest Canadian Radarsat Deal
[Satellite TODAY 01-10-13] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a $706 million contract to information solutions and aerospace firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to build, launch and provide initial operations for the Canadian...
01.09.2013 Using Kepler Satellite Data Astronomers Might Have Discovered More Than 400 New Planets
Using data from NASA’s Kepler satellite, astronomers have identified possible evidence for 461 new planets outside our solar system....
01.09.2013 Report: Canada to Move Forward with Expensive Radarsat Program
[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] The projected costs of the Canadian government’s three-satellite Radarsat constellation program have grown from $600 million to more than $1 billion, according to several reports published Jan. 9. Additionally, Canadian...
01.08.2013 Turkey’s First Observation Satellite Succesfully Transmits Images
Turkey’s first high-resolution optical observation satellite, Gokturk-2, has transmitted its first images....
01.07.2013 Raytheon Adds JAXA Environmental Satellite to JPSS System
[Satellite TODAY 01-07-12] Raytheon has added the Japanese Space Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Global Change Observation Mission 1 satellite to its Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS), Raytheon confirmed Jan. 7.    With the...
01.04.2013 ISRO Pushes SARAL, Canadian Defense Satellite Launch Back to February
[Satellite TODAY 01-04-13] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has once again delayed the joint launch of Indian-French satellite SARAL and several Canadian defense satellites. According to ISRO’s Jan. 4 announcement, the previously planned...
01.02.2013 ISRO Confirms Significant Operational Management Shift
[Satellite TODAY 01-02-13] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has appointed three new directors for its various operational centers. The state-run space agency hired noted scientist S. Ramakrishnan as director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre...
01.01.2013 The Obama Second Term and Space Policy
The re-election of U.S. President Barack Obama for a second four-year term in a bitterly polarized political climate and era of crisis-level budget deficits can fairly be seen to promise a continuation of the status quo in U.S. Government space policy. That...
12.27.2012 The Top 10 Moments of 2012 for Space Exploration
The 10 moments of the year that made this generation “share an enthusiasm and wonder a previous generation experienced with the first moon landing.”...
12.27.2012 Earth Observation Satellite With Longest Operational Life to Retire
The longest-running Earth observation satellite, Landsat 5, is starting the retirement process....
12.26.2012 Eighth Landsat Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg
[Satellite TODAY 12-26-12] NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite has arrived at its California launch site at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in preparation for its launch in early February, the agency announced Dec...
12.21.2012 ISRO Delays SARAL Launch
The launch of the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) SARAL satellite designed to study the ocean currents and sea surface heights has been delayed from December to February 2013 due to glitches...
12.19.2012 NASA Next-Generation Communication Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral
The next NASA communications satellite TDRS-K has arrived to Cape Canaveral to get ready for its launch scheduled for Jan. 29....
12.19.2012 Turkey’s First Earth Observation Satellite Successfully Placed in Orbit by China
According to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, the satellite was delivered into its correct orbit by a Long March 2D rocket....
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