Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-08-10] SpaceX will attempt to launch its Dragon space capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket by Dec. 9 after two small cracks detected on the rocket’s second […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-10] Telespazio has selected Arianespace to launch the Sicral 2 satellite into geostationary orbit on an Ariane 5 launched from the Guiana Space Center in November 2013, Arianespace […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-10] Russia’s Glonass navigation system will remain incomplete after three of its satellites fell into the Pacific Ocean shortly after take-off Dec. 5 when a Proton-M rocket carrying […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] NASA ejected the NanoSail-D nanosatellite from its Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite (FASTSat), demonstrating the agency’s first deployment of this kind, NASA announced Dec. 6.     […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-03-10] Astrium and Thales Alenia Space will build two high-resolution reconnaissance satellites for the French Defense Ministry under a $1.1 billion contract issued to the manufacturers Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Newsat has won $2.8 million in new contracts from the military and enterprise sector organizations to provide satellite capacity delivering voice, data and video communications, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-10] Integral Systems’ Satcom Solutions Division was awarded more than $14 million in additional U.S. government, domestic and international contracts to provide satellite communications products, ground systems and […]

[Satellite News 12-03-10] While the recently enacted NASA Authorization Act of 2010 provides the agency with much-needed support to reduce acquisition risks and implement new ways of conducting future operations, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-10] ATK Launch Systems has won a $42 million contract extension with NASA, to continue to provide pre- through post-launch support through December 2011, ATK announced Dec. 1. […]

While U.S. defense spending still accounts for a majority of military spending around the globe, rising debts have become such a concern that the once untouchable military budget now is […]

This column has discussed numerous preparations for the upcoming ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) in January and February 2012 in Geneva. One of the less visible groups preparing for WRC-12 […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] Starling Advanced Communications has received its first military aviation market order from Italian company Selex Galileo, Starling announced Nov. 30.     The $1 million order will see […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-10] Integral Systems’ Satcom Solutions Division was awarded a $5 million, five-year contract to replace asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) multiplexers that are no longer sustainable at the U.S. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-10] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected Saft to develop lithium-ion batteries for its Atlas 5 and Delta 4 launch vehicles under a multi-million dollar contract, Saft announced […]

[Satellite News 11-30-10] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) urged NASA to retool its medium-launch transition strategy after it found that the agency’s plans lack an affordable and reliable replacement […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-29-10] NASA selected prime contractor Qinetiq North America and subcontractor AI Solutions to provide engineering services and products for the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., under the agency’s engineering […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-29-10] China launched the Zhongxing 20A satellite on a Long March 3A rocket Nov. 25 from the Xichang Space Center, Chinese officials announced.     The rocket delivered the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-25-10] Commercial aerospace services provider Astrotech Corp. has won a fully-funded task order under the U.S. Department of Defense’s $35 million Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-24-10] The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation has issued SpaceX a license to re-enter a spacecraft from orbit, making SpaceX the first commercial […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-10] ViaSat has selected Tecom Industries’ KuStream 1500 antenna system for integration into a communication system onboard a Boeing C-17 aircraft to support high data rates for transmission […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-23-10] Demand for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) services will be worth $224.5 billion by 2020, according to a study released Nov. 22 by the European GNSS […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-10] The U.S. Department of Defense’s STPSat-2 satellite has launched from the Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska on board a Minotaur 4 rocket, the U.S. Air Force announced Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-10] United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched a classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), marking its fourth successful flight of a Delta 4 Heavy rocket, the […]

[Satellite News 11-23-10] In coming years, the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies of the federal government are expected to increase their dependence on commercial satellite services to augment […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-22-10] Prime contractor Thales Alenia Space and its partner OHB-System have been given the green light to begin work on the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) system from the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-22-10] Com Dev USA was awarded a $6 million contract to provide UHF passive microwave equipment for a U.S. government satellite payload, the company announced Nov. 19.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-22-10] United Launch Alliance (ULA) is set to launch a classified U.S. National Reconnaissance Office satellite on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket this evening from Cape Canaveral Air […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-19-10] Globecomm Systems Inc. was awarded a systems contract from an unnamed U.S. government agency, the company announced Nov. 18.     Under the contract, valued at $3.3 million, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-18-10] Northrop Grumman was selected by NASA as one of five contractors for the Modular Space Vehicles (MSV) program, Northrop Grumman announced Nov. 17.    The indefinite delivery, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-18-10] Canadian information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has released its National Urban Change Indicator – a new geospatial product that provides coverage over the lower […]