Government/Military

[Satellite News 07-09-10] The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shut down half of the transponders on the Insat-4B communications satellite after it suffered a solar panel power glitch July 7 […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received a $22.2 million order for mobile satellite data communications transceivers under its $384 million Blue Force Tracking (BFT) IDIQ program contract with […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] NASA has awarded a crew robotics and vehicle equipment work contract to ATK Space Systems, the agency announced July 8.     ATK was among three contract winners. […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Harris Corp. has received orders totaling $99 million to supply C4I systems, including Falcon tactical radios and sensors for UAVs and other advanced satcom applications, to an […]

[Satellite News 07-09-10] Last week, Satellite News outlined the United States’ aging space and satellite workforce issue and what steps were being taken to address the issue. This week, we […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] Astrium has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to undertake initial development studies for a next-generation launcher (NGL) for future satellite launches under the ESA’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] The U.S. Air Force has postponed a  scheduled July 8 Minotaur 4 launch carrying the Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) due to an anomaly discovered on another Minotaur […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] United Space Alliance (USA) will layoff about 15 percent of its 8,100-employee space shuttle workforce, effective Oct. 1, the company announced July 7.     USA said the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] The U.S. Air Force will launch its Space-Based Surveillance System (SBSS) satellite July 9 from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California, the Air Force confirmed July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-15 July 12 from the Sriharikota Space Center, ISRO announced July 5.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] The Norwegian AISSat-1 (Automatic Identification System) satellite has been scheduled to launch in August on an Indian rocket, the Norwegian Space Center announced July 5.     AISat-1, […]

[Satellite News 07-06-10] One of the main issues facing the U.S. space and satellite sector is an aging workforce, and attracting the young people that will build, launch and operate […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10] The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command‘s (SPAWAR) Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) has completed a series of UHF component tests for the program’s first satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-02-10] Orbital Sciences has received two separate orders from NASA to launch scientific satellites on the PegasusXL and Taurus XL rockets, the launch company announced July 1.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-02-10] Harris Corp. has received a $23.5 million order from the U.S. Department of Defense for Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) approved Falcon 3 AN/PRC-152 multiband handheld radio […]

With the ability to provide signal gain, double-hop elimination, IP multiplexing and mesh networking without a teleport, what impact can on-board processing have on satellite communications? On-board processing has the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10] Northrop Grumman has delivered an advanced infrared sensor, designed to improve weather forecasting around the world, to Ball Aerospace for integration and testing on the precursor satellite […]

Photos courtesy of Aerospace Industries Associations and G. Vincent Castellano. One of the main issues facing the space sector is an aging workforce, and attracting the young people that will […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] NASA has awarded a contract with a maximum value of $273 million to Barrios Technology for International Space Station (ISS) mission integration services support, the agency announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] U.S. President Barack Obama’s new National Space Policy (NSP) will contain measures to double the available amount of spectrum for wireless communications over the next 10 years […]

[Satellite News 06-28-10] U.S. President Barack Obama’s new National Space Policy (NSP) will contain measures to double the available amount of spectrum for wireless communications over the next 10 years […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-10] ViaSat has upgraded transmission rates for its Ku-band airborne broadband network to achieve speeds up to 1 megabit per second (Mbps), the company announced June 25.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-25-10] Harris Corp. has been awarded a five-year, $140 million contract by General Dynamics to modernize the ground segment of NASA’s satellite communications network, the company announced June […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded Astrium with a two-year contract to develop key technologies for new reusable upper stages for new launchers, Astrium announced June 23. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Finmeccanica subsidiary Vega won a frame contract on behalf of European Space Operations Center (ESOC) that enables Vega to bid for work, the company announced June 23rd. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Israel has launched the Ofeq 9 advanced remote sensing satellite aboard a Shavit rocket from an Israel Air Force test range, Israeli officials confirmed June 23.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] NASA has selected Orbital Sciences to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission in February 2013 aboard a Taurus XL 3110 rocket from Vandenberg’s U.S. Air Force […]

One of the main issues facing the space sector is an aging work force, and attracting the young people that will build, launch and operate the rockets, satellites and communications […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] Integral Systems Europe completed the first installation of its GeoMon regulatory solution, a satellite spectrum monitoring and geolocation system, for the Ukrainian State Centre of Radio-Frequencies (UCRF) […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] CapRock Government Solutions has been awarded four contracts to provide managed network services and more than 400 megahertz of commercial satellite capacity to four separate U.S. government […]