Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-10] JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have successfully launched the Japanese meteorological satellite Akatsuki (Planet C) aboard a H-2A launch vehicle on May 21, JAXA confirmed.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has completed a preliminary design review for a propulsion system that it is building for NASA, the company announced May 20.     The review […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-10] The Czech Republic has become a member state of Eumetsat (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), the organization announced May 20.     The Czech Republic […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-10] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the Delta 4 launch of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-SV1satellite (GPS 2F-SV1) to May 21, the company announced. […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-10] CapRock Government Solutions has been contracted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide a complete solution of technical design, network implementation, field services and […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-10] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites for the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency Oct. 29, SSTL announced May 12. […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Astrium has shipped the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) of the Johannes Kepler, the second European spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), to Arianespace’s spaceport in French […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-10] Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space have signed a deal with the Italian Ministry of Defense and the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) for the development of the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded a $1.8 million contract extension with the U.S. Department of Defense to continue providing managed bandwidth services for fixed satellite terminal […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received a $67.3 million Movement Tracking System (MTS) contract extension with the U.S. Army, which increases its current order ceiling to $672.4 million, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-10] Vizada Networks won a contract expansion with the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization (NDLO) which will enter the company into a new framework agreement to supply commercial satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-10] OHB-System AG, part of OHB Technology AG, won contracts under the E-SGA (Europeanization of Satellite-Based Reconnaissance) program to operate ground stations that will provide greater access to […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-10] Aerojet and Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT) have entered into a strategic partnership to compete for research, development and production on NASA‘s new hydrocarbon engine and advanced upper […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-10] The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) delayed the launch of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15), initially scheduled for May 9, the organization announced April 30.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-10] Iridium Communications has established a U.S. government advisory board to counsel the company on products and services for federal and state civilian, defense, intelligence and law enforcement […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-10] Thales Alenia Space has delivered the Eurobot Ground Prototype (EGP) to the European Space Agency (ESA) to support the International Space Station’s extra vehicular activities as well […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-10] Norway’s AISSat-1 satellite, scheduled to launch May 9 from India, will incorporate safety technology developed by Kongsberg Seatex in cooperation with the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, the […]

We wrote a year ago (Via Satellite July 2009) about efforts by the Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to remove unused frequency assignments and networks from […]

Over the last few years the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has streamlined its rules in order to expedite the process of authorizing the operation of satellites in the United […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-10] Orbital Sciences Corp. has been awarded a $95 million, five-year contract by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to conduct prototype spacecraft and airborne system and subsystem […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-10] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded a contract modification to United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-3 (AEHF-3) […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-10] Russia has launched a Soyuz-U space rocket carrying the Progress Ðœ-05Ðœ spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russian officials announced April 29.       The Progress Ðœ-05 cargo […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-10] Lockheed Martin has delivered a UHF satellite communications system module for the second satellite in the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-10] Xtar Vice President of Government Services Bill Schmidt died April 28 following a heart attack.  Schmidt, a senior manager of Xtar since 2007, participated as an authoritative […]

[Satellite News 04-30-10] With its ComsatBw Stage 2 program, the German Armed Forces now control their own dedicated telecommunications satellites. The program is comprised of the ComsatBw-1 satellite, launched in […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] ManSat has appointed Anthony Hewitt director of the company, ManSat announced April 28.             Hewitt previously served as director of the Isle of Man Government Communications Commission, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] The Australian Defense Force (ADF) exercised its contract option with Intelsat to purchase the remainder of the specialized UHF communications payload on the Intelsat 22 satellite, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems has selected Newtec to provide Elevation EL470 DVB-S2 IP modems with FlexACM licenses for Raytheon’s McMurdo Station satellite communication system upgrade in […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Defense contractor Global Telesat Corp. (GTC) has agreed to purchase a 50 percent interest in one of Sanswire Corp.’s SkySat airships for $250,000, with an option to […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] EADS Astrium has shipped a payload for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Galileo satellite-navigation system to ESA facilities in Rome, the company announced April 27. The Proto-flight […]