Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 12-28-10] China’s development bank will lend Bolivia $251 million to finance the South American country’s first communications satellite, China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) confirmed Dec. 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-28-10] The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) GSLV-F06 satellite exploded shortly after takeoff on Dec. 25, destroying both the launch vehicle and the GSAT-5P satellite, which was […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] ViaSat received $13.8 million in Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) follow-on orders from the U.S. Army, the company announced Dec. 21.     The order is part of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will orbit the GSAT-5P satellite on its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) Dec. 25 after the rocket engine’s valve was tested […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] NASA is seeking proposals for testing new technologies during suborbital flights and requesting information from commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicle providers and commercial payload integrators about carrying […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] The Russian Defense Ministry has postponed the launch of the Glonass-K satellite until 2011, Russian officials announced Dec. 21.     The satellite was scheduled to launch on […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] Raytheon BBN Technologies was awarded $2.1 million in funding by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for two projects under the Information in a Photon […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] Harris Corp. won a $42 million contract from prime contractor Sierra Nevada Corp. to supply antenna and radar electronics for a satellite that will provide high-resolution radar […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-21-10] Raytheon signed a definitive agreement to acquire communications specialist Applied Signal Technology for approximately $490 million in cash, Raytheon announced Dec. 20.      Raytheon Chairman and […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) postponed the Dec. 19 launch of GSAT-5P satellite aboard its Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) after a leak was discovered in […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] NASA has test-fired the Aerojet liquid fuel AJ26 engine, which was built to power the first stage of Orbital Sciences‘ Taurus 2 rocket, the agency announced Dec.20. […]

[Satellite News 12-20-10] The U.S. satellite industry enters a completely new political atmosphere in 2011, shaped not only by the elections this past November, but also by substantial policy changes […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] Lockheed Martin Space Systems won a $1.3 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to build the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) secure communications satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] NASA named Richard Keegan associate deputy administrator, replacing Charles Scales, who is retiring after serving in the position since April 2007, the agency announced Dec. 17.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Arianespace to launch the Sentinel-1A satellite as part of the European program Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), Arianespace […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-10] Italy’s Cosmo-SkyMed constellation is complete and fully operational after the system’s fourth satellite began sending images to ground stations, the Italian Space Agency announced Dec. 16.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-10] Lockheed Martin has met the requirements of a critical design review for NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) small explorer mission, the prime contractor announced Dec. 16. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-16-10] The Aerospace Industries Association’s (AIA) 2010 U.S. aerospace sales report shows the sector generated $216.5 billion, as orders increased 20 percent over 2009, AIA President and […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] DigitalGlobe has been selected by enhanced navigation solutions companies China Mobile, YF International and Hazens to supply digital imagery to support the companies’ products, DigitalGlobe announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency renewed their space science and technology partnership agreement through 2020, the agencies announced Dec. 15.     The […]

[Satellite News 12-16-10] Attitudes towards U.S. defense spending and budget management are changing as new economic realities compel the U.S. government to get the most value for money for its […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-16-10] The Bolivian Space Agency has been selected by China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) to build its TKSat-1satellite, the agency announced Dec. 14.     The satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] Sevis Systems unveiled its third-generation GSM bandwidth optimization platform, a cost-effective backhaul solution designed to optimize GSM traffic, the company announced Dec. 14. The Sevis 6104 is […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-10] The U.S. Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) and ViaSat have demonstrated the ability to integrate commercial mobile satcom networks with […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch its GSAT-5P communication satellite Dec. 20 on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from ISRO’s second launch pad at […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-10] NASA engineers have been unable to contact the NanoSail-D nanosatellite since it deployed last week from the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite (FASTSat), the agency announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-10] A Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team led by the U.S. Air Force and prime contractor Lockheed Martin team has completed final integrated system testing of the […]

[Satellite News 12-14-10] The European Commission (EC) has selected Prague as the future location of the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Agency (GSA). The decision will see the first […]

[Satellite News 12-14-10] The National Space Agency of South Africa (Sansa) has begun operations, South Africa’s Minister of Science Naledi Pandor said in a statement issued Dec. 14. Sansa opened […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] NASA contracted Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI) to provide science, technology and research support services for the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., the agency […]