Government/Military

On July 23, earth-imaging provider DigitalGlobe Inc. announced that it agreed to acquire competitor GeoEye Inc. for approximately $900 million. GeoEye’s principal shareholder, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, agreed […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-01-12] The European Defense Agency (EDA) has awarded a three-year contract to Astrium to provide commercial Ku-, Ka- and C-band satellite communications capacity for the defense ministries of […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-01-12] The Chinese state-run Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has sent a second satellite built for the Venezuelan government into orbit on a Long March rocket, China’s Xinhua News […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-01-12] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration temporarily substituted the non-functional (NOAA) GOES-13 weather satellite with the backup GOES-14 satellite as engineers work to fix the satellite’s […]

[Satellite News 10-01-12] Attendees at the Hosted Payload Summit in Washington last week were given a detailed look at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) efforts to extract valuable […]

I would like to start off by reflecting on the passing of U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was not only a true icon of the space industry but of life […]

[Satellite News 09-28-12] New hosted payload activities, initiatives and milestones by the Hosted Payload Alliance and the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Command (SMC) center took center stage at […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-12] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received a combined $5.5 million in satellite systems delivery orders from the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 28.    The combined orders […]

   TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin have entered into a partnership to produce low-cost satellite terminals for protected fixed communications and communications-on-the move, the companies confirmed Sept. 26. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-12] Canadian space hardware subsystems provider Com Dev International has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $4 million to provide satellite equipment for an unnamed U.S. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-12] Semiconductor-based components and subsystems provider Emcore has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by Orbital Sciences for NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-12] The commercial industry will supply 68 percent more satellite capacity to government and military users over the next decade despite near term uncertainty driven by troop withdrawals […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-12] Lockheed Martin has delivered the propulsion core module for the first U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System 2 spacecraft to the company’s GPS Processing Facility (GPF) in […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-12] The second annual Hosted Payload Summit will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., focusing on the opportunities and challenges […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] Northrop Grumman has won a new contract worth $20 million with the U.S. Air Force, the company announced Sept. 24. The U.S. Air Force awarded the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-12] NASA and U.S. commercial launch service provider SpaceX have announced Sunday, Oct. 7 as the target launch date for the first cargo resupply mission to the International […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-12] Astrium has been selected by the DLR Space Administration as the prime contractor for the definition phase of the German orbital servicing mission (DEOS) project in a […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-12] The Women in Aerospace organization announced nine winners Sept. 20 for its 2012 award for contributions to the aerospace industry and to the advancement of women in […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-12] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary SAT Corp. has been awarded a contract by U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) to provide worldwide Radio Frequency (RF) interference geo-location services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-12] NASA has issued a $100,000 grant to technology firm Tethers Unlimited to develop a design for the deployment of nano-satellites using a tether, the agency announced Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-12] The National Space Society (NSS) has urged U.S. Congress to support the national space program and the domestic launch sector during a recent visit to Capitol Hill, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-18-12] Canadian satellite technology and essential information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a multi-million dollar sole source delivery order under its Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-18-12] Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate have successfully launched the Metop-B European weather satellite into orbit from on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Spaceport, the European Organization […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-12] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has successfully launched a classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on an Atlas 5 rocket from the central California coast, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the Indo-French SARAL satellite Dec. 12 on a PSLV-C20 rocket, ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan announced Sept. 12.    The […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-12-12] ATK Space Systems’ Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, U.S. Air Force (retired) Maj. Gen. James Armor has been selected by The American Institute of Aeronautics […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-11-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched its 100th mission – a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) rocket that placed two foreign satellites into orbit, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-07-12] Inmarsat Government has been selected as a prime contractor under the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Custom Satcom Solutions (CS2) contract vehicle, a government program to acquire […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-07-12] Canadian essential information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed two contract amendments with the Commonwealth of Australia that are worth more than $100 million […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-05-12] Canadian satellite and information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has signed a contract for $12.7 million Canadian dollars ($12.85 million) to provide multiple advanced […]