Government/Military

The longest-running Earth observation satellite, Landsat 5, is starting the retirement process.

The 10 moments of the year that made this generation “share an enthusiasm and wonder a previous generation experienced with the first moon landing.”

[Satellite TODAY 12-26-12] The United States’ domestic satellite industry received an early Christmas gift late last week when the Senate voted to remove certain International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) […]

Two new satellites have emerged from Russia’s manufacturing sector. The nation of Angola’s first satellite – Angosat – is now being built by a Russian consortium led by RSC and […]

[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 […]

Reports indicate that an agreement on the deal between Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force for new military communications satellites is unlikely to be reached before the end of the year.

Harris has won a fifth option year valued at $66 million from the Air Force on its Network and Space Operations and Maintenance (NSOM) contract

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

Boeing has delivered two Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment (SENSE) satellites to the U.S. Air Force to aid in assessing the value of small satellites in military space operations

ViaSat will provide a U.S. government customer with broadband airborne satcom services under a valued $52 million one year contract.

Arianespace successfully launched the five-tonne Skynet-5D satellite from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) welcomes U.S. Congress’ move to end the over-regulation of commercial satellite exports

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is calling for submissions to replace its 200-276 Mbps wireless technology, Common Data Link, currently used for military communications.

The next NASA communications satellite TDRS-K has arrived to Cape Canaveral to get ready for its launch scheduled for Jan. 29.

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.

Raytheon’s Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) has completes a Full Rate Production (FRP) review by the U.S. Navy and will be installed on more than 300 U.S. Navy ships, subs and shore stations.

The Air Force is set to award manufacturer Lockheed Martin with a military contract to procure and build the final two satellites of the six-spacecraft Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications constellation by the end of 2012.

[Satellite TODAY 12-18-12] X-band satellite operator XTAR has spent the last 18 months retooling and reconfiguring its infrastructure to provide a whole new world of potential for bandwidth. Why? As […]

Advantech AMT has received new orders for its DISA Certified MIL-STD-188-165A, AMT73L SCPC Modem from a major U.S. military supplier totaling $1.7 million.

The newest LandSat satellite, LandSat 8, has been scheduled for a February 2013 launch.

The Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) has developed the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) to cut costs of satellite launches and has installed it on the International Space Station.

Intense solar storms are expected next year, which means that the number of sunspots will increase massively, causing changes in our planet’s ionosphere.

United Launch Alliance successfully launched U.S. Air Force’s X-37B, an unmanned Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), on its classified mission.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed an over $100 million contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to supply the communications payload solution for the Amos-6 satellite.

MapBox, a provider of open source solutions for designing and publishing maps via the cloud, has selected DigitalGlobe as their commercial earth imagery provider.

Five CubeSats have been successfully launched from the International Space Station (ISS), making it the first time the station performs such task.

Hurricane Sandy dominated the news as we watched it unfold and saw the trail of destruction left in its wake. Thanks to satellite technology, we are better able to predict […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-26-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is potentially exploring the idea of importing or building a six-ton high-throughput Ka-band satellite that would feature 100 beams compared […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-26-12] SES has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), including SES Broadband Services to offer participants in the ESA’s ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) and Eumetsat have signed the agreement to determine the principles of cooperation between the two agencies when establishing the various components of […]