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Connectivity
Kratos Executives Identify Promising Trends in National Space Policy, Air Force Leadership
[Satellite News 08-14-12] After Kratos acquired Integral Systems in May 2011, the newly formed Kratos Integral Systems has been focused on providing a slew of satellite support services, such as […]
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Government/Military
NASA Finalizes JPSS-1 Contracts
[Satellite TODAY 08-14-12] NASA has completed negotiations with several satellite companies and has finalized its contracts for the spacecraft and instruments that comprise the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), NASA […]
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Government/Military
Canadian Government Issues $38.9 Million in Satellite Antenna Funding to NRCan
[Satellite TODAY 08-14-12] Canada has allocated $38.9 million in funds to equip Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) satellite station facilities with state-of-the-art antenna systems, Canadian government officials announced Aug. 13. […]
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Government/Military
AEHF Satellite Reaches Testing Phase Orbit
[Satellite TODAY 08-14-12] The U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite has successfully arrived at its geostationary-orbit test location following its May 4 launch, the Air Force confirmed […]
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Government/Military
Inmarsat Names New President of Global Government Business Unit
[Satellite TODAY 08-14-12] MSS satellite services provider Inmarsat has appointed Andy Start president of the company’s global government business unit, Inmarsat announced Aug. 13. Start will work with the […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Confident in FAB-T Contract Win After Terminal Demonstration
[Satellite News 08-13-12] Raytheon has been pushing for an alternate Air Force satellite terminal program with three Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military terminals it currently produces, claiming that they […]
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Government/Military
Roskosmos Launches Investigation into Latest Proton Rocket Failure
[Satellite TODAY 08-10-12] Roskosmos has established an inter-agency commission to investigate the Aug. 6 failure of a Proton rocket’s Breeze-M upper stage that led to the likely loss of two […]
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Government/Military
Second Galileo IOV Satellite Arrives at French Guiana Launch Site
[Satellite TODAY 08-09-12] Thales Alenia Space has successfully shipped the next Galileo navigation satellite to the European Spaceport in French Guiana, where it will begin preparations for an October launch […]
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Government/Military
Gilat Unveils Integrated Ku-band UAV Solution
[Satellite TODAY 08-08-12] Gilat Satellite Networks is set to unveil its new integrated Ku-band airborne satellite communication solution for UAVs, the Israeli satellite company announced Aug. 7. Gilat said […]
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Government/Military
Ball Aerospace Demonstrates Military X-band MMLCA Antenna System
[Satellite TODAY 08-07-12] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has successfully demonstrated an X-band mobile satellite communications system with a phased array antenna at a U.S. Army facility, Ball Aerospace announced […]
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Government/Military
Bulgaria Building first Domestic Satellite in More Than 20 Years
[Satellite TODAY 08-07-12] Bulgaria will launch a domestic artificial satellite into the orbit for the first time in more than 20 years, the Romanian Association for Cosmonautics and Aeronautics (ARCA) […]
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Connectivity
ATK Vice President Jim Armor Discusses A-Series Satellite Bus Expansion (Part 1)
[Satellite News 08-07-12] ATK recently expanded its product line of small, agile satellite buses to meet design requirements for a wider range of missions in civil, national security and commercial […]
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Connectivity
ATK Vice President Jim Armor Outlines DARPA Phoenix Work (Part 2)
[Satellite News 08-07-12] ATK was solicited by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in late July to provide a modified satellite bus to the agency’s Phoenix program, which aims […]
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Government/Military
Com Dev USA Inks $5 Million Follow-On Contract for WGS-10 Hardware
[Satellite TODAY 08-06-12] Canadian satellite company Com Dev’s U.S. subsidiary Com Dev USA has received a $5 million follow-on contract from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems to provide flight equipment, […]
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Government/Military
India Prepares for Three Satellite Launches in September
[Satellite TODAY 08-06-12] India will launch three satellites next month and two more by the end of 2012, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Director P.S.Veeraraghavan said in a statement to […]
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Finance
NASA Awards $1.1 Billion in Manned Spaceflight Contracts to SpaceX, Boeing, Sierra Nevada
[Satellite News 08-03-12] NASA has issued $1.1 billion in contracts to private-sector aerospace companies to develop and launch rockets that will carry its next-generation manned spaceflight missions into space, NASA […]
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Government/Military
TCS Wins Another SNAP VSAT Order from U.S. Army
[Satellite TODAY 08-02-12] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received another $19 million delivery order from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance of Secret Internet Protocol Router and […]
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Finance
A Tale of Two Dragons
The May flight of the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) marked a milestone in human spaceflight: the first mission by a […]
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Government/Military
Air Force Procures WGS-10 from Boeing
[Satellite TODAY 07-31-12] Satellite manufacturer Boeing has won a $317.7 million contract modification to build the 10th Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-10) global communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force, the […]
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Government/Military
DigitalGlobe Extends Partnership with Enough Project, SSP
[Satellite TODAY 07-31-12] DigitalGlobe has entered into an agreement with the Enough Project to continue providing unrivaled imagery and analysis services to monitor evidence of bombings, razed villages and possible […]
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Government/Military
SS/L Selected for DARPA Phoenix Program Satlet Study
[Satellite TODAY 07-30-12] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to analyze and define aspects of its Phoenix program that are focused on […]
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Government/Military
ASO Wins SPAWAR Deal to Process MUOS Payload Services
[Satellite TODAY 07-30-12] Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) was selected by the U. S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to provide payload-processing services for the second in a […]
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Government/Military
EC Vice President Tajani Discusses Hosted Payload Approach to EGNOS Service
[Satellite News 07-30-12] The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is Europe’s first venture into the field of satellite navigation and paves the way for the continent’s Galileo satellite navigation […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon SAS Grows Second Quarter Net Sales on Government Space Contracts
[Satellite TODAY 07-27-12] Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) had second quarter 2012 net sales of $1.37 billion compared to $1.34 billion in the second quarter of 2011, due to […]
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Government/Military
TCS Receives Additional SNAP VSAT Order from U.S. Army
[Satellite TODAY 07-26-12] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received a $7.3 million funded order from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance of Secret Internet Protocol Router and […]
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Government/Military
Boeing Ships Third GPS-2F Satellite to Cape Canaveral
[Satellite TODAY 07-26-12] Boeing has shipped the third of 12 GPS-2F satellites for the U.S. Air Force from the company’s satellite development center to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., […]
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Government/Military
ATK’s Work with ViviSat Yields DARPA Phoenix Program Solicitation
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-26-12] ATK has been solicited by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide a modified satellite bus to the agency’s Phoenix program, which aims to […]
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Government/Military
Astrotech Inks TDRS-L Pre-Launch Services Deal with NASA
[Satellite TODAY 07-26-12] NASA has awarded a $2 million task order to Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) to provide facilities and pre-launch processing services for the launch of its Tracking and […]
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Connectivity
Analysts Urge Investors to Embrace DigitalGlobe, GeoEye Merger
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-25-12] The reaction to DigitalGlobe’s $900 million acquisition of its former rival GeoEye differed widely between financial analysts and investors July 23, as DigitalGlobe’s stock value took […]
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Government/Military
Globecomm Wins U.S. Navy SPAWAR Satellite Equipment Contract
[Satellite TODAY 07-25-12] Globecomm Systems has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) Center to provide commercial-off-the-shelf satellite network and communications […]