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02.06.2012 Redu Space Services Wins EDRS Mission Contract from Astrium
[Satellite TODAY 02-06-12] Redu Space Services (RSS), a joint venture of SES and QinetiQ Space, has been awarded a contract by Astrium for the design, development, testing and delivery of the Mission Operation Center (MOC) as part of the European Data Relay...
02.02.2012 MDA Inks FAA IPDS Upgrade Contract Extension
[Satellite TODAY 02-02-12] MDA has signed a group of contracts with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue upgrading the FAA’s Instrument Procedure Development System (IPDS), MDA announced Feb. 1.    The contracts total...
01.31.2012 Orbit Develops Custom Earth Observation Ground Station in Russia
[Satellite TODAY 01-31-12] Orbit Communication was selected by Russian space company STEC to supply a commercial ground station solution supporting dual communication with Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, the company...
01.30.2012 Prague Selected to Host Headquarters for Europe’s Galileo System
[Satellite TODAY 01-30-12] The Czech government has entered into an agreement with the European Union (EU) to host the headquarters of Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation...
01.27.2012
First Soyuz Mission of 2012 Completed

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-11]  Arianespace has announced details of another successful Soyuz mission. The...
01.26.2012 NSR: Smaller, Cheaper Optical Satellites to Become Industry Standard
[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-26-12] A growing number of satellite manufacturers are exploring smaller spacecraft that target expanding markets in optical and Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) markets, according to analysis firm NSR, which believes that the effect...
01.25.2012 Ball Aerospace OMPS Commences Data Collection on NPP Satellite
[Satellite TODAY 01-25-12] Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) has begun collecting Earthview image science and solar calibration data onboard the U.S. National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite...
01.23.2012 SES Deploys Emergency Satellite Communications Service in South Sudan
[Satellite TODAY 01-23-12] SES successfully deployed its Emergency.lu communication service in Bentiu and Maban, South Sudan and has launched full operations in the field, the company confirmed Jan. 20.    Emergency.lu is a rapid communications...
01.23.2012 China’s CASC Aims to Break its Satellite Launch Record in 2012
[Satellite TODAY 01-23-12] China will aim to launch 21 rockets and 30 satellites into space as a part of its 2012 space program, Chinese space officials said in a Jan. 20 statement.    The Chinese space program’s busiest...
01.18.2012 Report: United States Set to Enter Space Debris Talks with European Union
[Satellite TODAY 01-18-12] The United States will enter talks with the European Union (EU) to set informal rules aimed at limiting debris in space that threatens satellites, according to a Jan. 17 report.    The...
01.18.2012 Canadian Defense Minister Confirms WGS Pact with United States, Australia
[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-18-12] Canada will enter a pact with the United States and Australia in the 10-satellite Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) project to provide secure communications for Canadian Forces, Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay confirmed...
01.18.2012 SpaceX Delays NASA Falcon 9, Dragon Test Flight
[Satellite TODAY 01-18-12] SpaceX has postponed its planned Feb. 7 NASA test flight of its Dragon capsule to supply cargo to the International Space Station, the company announced Jan. 17.    The Falcon 9 rocket...
01.16.2012 EADS Astrium Selects MDA for Five Advanced Technology Solutions
[Satellite TODAY 01-16-12] Canadian satellite and information solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has received a contract to provide five advanced technology solutions to EADS...
01.13.2012 GeoEye Selects Cleversafe to Provide Satellite Image Archive
[Satellite TODAY 01-13-12] Satellite imagery, location information products and image processing services provider GeoEye has selected Cleversafe to provide a secure, active archive to store and maintain their image catalog, GeoEye announced Jan. 12.  ...
01.12.2012 Air Force: Lockheed Martin’s LCC Solution Critical to Launch GPS 3 On Time
[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-12-12] Lockheed Martin will provide Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS 3 satellites from launch through early on-orbit testing under a $21.5 million contracted awarded by the U.S. Air Force, the...
01.11.2012 Roskosmos Chief Baffled by Recent Launch Failures; Hints at Foreign Interference
[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-11-12] In a Jan. 10 statement to press officials, Roskosmos Chief Vladimir Popovkin said that he had no clear explanation for Russia’s failed launch of the $163 million Phobos-Grunt Mars probe in November. The satellite was...
01.09.2012 Chinese Ambassador: Bolivia’s First Satellite Will Launch in March 2013
[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] China will launch Bolivia’s first telecommunications satellite, Tupac Katari, into orbit in December 2013, Chinese Ambassador to Bolivia Shen Zhiliang announced Jan 5.    The satellite is being built in China under...
01.05.2012 GeoEye, ScanEx Score Key Russian Government Imagery Contract
[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-05-12] GeoEye and its Russian partner ScanEx Research and Development Center have been contracted by the Russian government to provide millions of square kilometers of high-resolution satellite imagery to the Russian Federal...
12.29.2011 Chinese Official Confirms Beidou Navigation, Positioning System Service Launch
[Satellite TODAY 12-29-11] China’s Beidou global positioning system (GPS) network has started providing services to the country and the surrounding regions, Chinese Satellite...
12.28.2011 ESA Successfully Tests Galileo IOV Triple-Frequency Signals
[Satellite TODAY 12-28-11] The European Space Agency (ESA) has successful received the first triple-frequency signals from its Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) spacecraft, ESA confirmed Dec. 27.    ESA said that all Galileo signals were activated...
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