Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] Raytheon has successfully completed the third major communications upgrade at McMurdo research station in Antarctica to support future U.S. scientific and environmental satellite missions for the National […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket is set to launch the Argentine SAC-D satellite and a hitchhiking NASA instrument June 9 from the Vandenberg U.S. Air […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Tactical Satellite-3 (TacSat-3) has surpassed its expected six-month operational lifespan and completed its second year of service.     ATK, the spacecraft’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] Geospatial information service provider GeoEye promoted Uyen Dinh to vice president of its Government Affairs division, the company announced June 7.    Dinh joined GeoEye in May […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-08-11] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is posting the country’s satellite policy on the website of its commercial arm, Antix, in an effort to provide greater […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-07-11] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. unveiled a plan to increase its annual satellite sales to $1.87 billion by March 2021 and double its annual satellite production capacity from […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-11] Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) will launch two satellites into the orbit by the end of June, NASRDA officials announced June 6.     NigeriaSat-2 […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-11] The U.S. Export-Import Bank (U.S. Ex-Im) has unveiled the conditions of its financing agreement with the Azerbaijan government for the production of the country’s first national communications […]

[Satellite News 06-07-11] Speaking at the Aerospace Industries Association’s (AIA) Board of Governors meeting, AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey said her association’s Federal Budget Education Campaign – an initiative […]

[Satellite News 06-07-11] The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) lauded the Nigerian Communications Satellite (Nigcomsat) program after completing an assessment of Nigcomsat’s satellite ground control station, DTH platform […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-06-11] ST Microelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has introduced a power transistor product for use in electronic subsystems on board […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-06-11] Spending on wireless broadband technologies in the public safety sector is expected to increase from $15.2 billion in 2009 to $22.3 billion in 2015, representing a […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-06-11] AT&T Government Solutions was awarded a series of U.S. Department of Defense task orders worth up to $48 million to provide satellite-based voice, video and Internet services […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-03-11] CapRock Communications CEO Peter Shaper is retiring from the company and stepping down from his interim position of the Harris Corp. division’s group president.             Shaper, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-11] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch its next communication satellite, GSAT-12, in the second week of July from the Sriharikota space center on a PSLV […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-11] Sofradir was awarded a contract to provide shortwave-infrared (SWIR) arrays for the Sentinel 5 Precursor mission as part of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-02-11] U.S. government trade officials criticized the Russian Ministry of Transport for proposing laws mandating Glonass equipment installation in all new cars sold in Russia, calling them […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-11] Canadian information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) will provide Radarsat-2 spacecraft services to the Russian Government to enhance the government’s ability to provide information support […]

The U.K. government is conducting a consultation on what its civil space strategy should be for the period 2011-2015. Given the strong position of U.K. companies in the space arena […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-11] MTN Government Services (MTNGS) has secured its first competitive task order for subscription services under the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency’s Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) contract and […]

The U.S. Space Shuttle program will come to a close this year, a little more than 30 years after its inaugural flight, with the last flight scheduled for late June. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-11] ST Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and DSO National Laboratories (DSO) have set up a joint venture to design, develop and product Earth observation satellites, ST Engineering announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-31-11] NASA has selected Fibertek to design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver laser systems to be used for the ice, cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission. NASA announced […]

[Satellite News 05-25-11] Earlier this year, Bigelow Aerospace signed a major deal with the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology, (EIAST) to initiate a new next-generation human spaceflight program. […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11]  Singapore’s first locally-built micro-satellite in space, X-Sat, has started to transmit images back to Singapore, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) confirmed May 24.             The images from […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11] Both International Launch Services (ILS) and Arianespace completed successful launches May 20. Arianespace successfully launched ST-2 for ST-2 Satellite Ventures, a joint venture of SingTel and Chunghwa […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-20-11] Intelsat General has won a contract to provide comprehensive satellite connectivity to the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS). The deal was announced May 18. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-17-11] EMS Technologies, which offers connectivity solutions across a number of different segments, saw its space and defense business struggle in the first quarter this year. This […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-16-11] Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) prime contractor General DynamicsC4 Systems has awarded a $105 million subcontract to Lockheed Martin to produce additional communications equipment for the WIN-T […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) terminated its recovery efforts for the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) after the spacecraft experienced an electrical anomaly last month that […]