Government/Military

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) postponed the April 1 captive firing test of the H-2B launch vehicle due to the discovery of a leak in the […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI), a commercial space and defense intelligence software provide, has formed a strategic partnership with Integral Systems in an effort to provide space situational […]

[Satellite Today 04-01-09] Raytheon Co. submitted its final proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Broadcast Service (GBS) satellite broadcast manager and defense enterprise computing center transition contract, Raytheon announced […]

[Satellite Today 04-01-09] DataPath Inc. was awarded $35 million by the U.S. Army for Ka-band spares kits for its satellite transportable terminals, DataPath announced March 31.      The order is […]

Outerlink To Provide Satellite Tracking To Homeland Security Department Outerlink Corp. has partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide satellite-tracking data from all commercial satellite tracking systems […]

Integral Systems CEO John Higginbotham believes the Feb. 11 collision of an Iridium satellite with a defunct Russian military satellite will test global diplomacy, legal and unilateral military and commercial […]

With a backdrop of a new U.S. presidential administration, the beginning of a shift in troop strength from Iraq to Afghanistan and a global economic recession, 2009 likely will be […]

2009 started with quite a bang. First, the dramatic freefall of economies around the globe and then the collision of a pair of satellites in orbit. However, amid the doom […]

The ultimate goal of the U.S. Department of Defense’s space mission is to place capabilities in space in support of national defense and the warfighter. The U.S. Defense Information Systems […]

[Satellite Today 03-31-09] NASA awarded Harris Corp. a 14-month, multimillion-dollar contract to develop Ka-band capable radios as part of the communication navigation and networking reconfigurable testbed (Connect), which will be […]

[Satellite Today 03-30-09] SATELLITE 2009 RECAP: Intelsat General Corp. has been awarded a multi-year contract from Artel Inc. to supply bandwidth to the U.S. military to support UAV surveillance operations, […]

Updated — March 28, 2009 – 12:25 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 15 Mission: STS-119 Launch […]

Two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Lockheed makes HIMARS, while AMRAAM was a product of Hughes […]

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) space segment completed its critical design audit, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. NPOESS now moves toward critical design review in late April. […]

The Aegis weapon control system and Standard Missile interceptors took down two missiles simultaneously, in an exercise called Stellar Daggers. Interceptors from the USS Benfold (DDG 65) took out a […]

Discovery Orbiter Vehicle Looks Clean, Few Dings Seen In an intricate orbital dance, Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station and made a landing at Kennedy Space Center […]

Boeing Briefs On Satellites, Missile Defense, Others Northrop, NASA Detail LCROSS The world space economy increased by almost 2.5 percent, or $6 billion, to $257 billion last year, amidst the […]

[Satellite Today 03-27-09] Globecomm Systems has released a Ka-band version of its 1.2-meter Auto-Explorer satellite terminal designed for operation with the U.S. Department of Defense Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) system, […]

[Satellite Today 03-27-09] Overwatch Tactical Operations has received an award from Thales France to provide five sets of Ka- and Ku-multiband satellite communications antennas for use on the Royal Norwegian […]

[Satellite Today 03-26-09] CPI’s satcom division has introduced its SuperLinear X-band amplifier product line as a companion to its Ku-band 2G outdoor units, CPI announced March 23.     The SuperLinear […]

[Satellite Today 03-26-09] Norsat launched a line of X-band low noise amplifiers (LNA), block up converters (BUC) and VSAT terminals, Norsat announced March 25.     Norsat’s new X-Band products include […]

[Satellite Today 03-25-09] Wavestream Corp., a manufacturer of solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs), has introduced a line of 160-Watt X-band SSPAs for commercial and military applications, the company announced March 23. […]

[Satellite Today 03-25-09] NASA’s NOAA-19 spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin and launched in February, completed a 45-day on-orbit verification period, the manufacturer announced March 23.     The satellite, formerly called […]

[Satellite Today 03-25-09] Intelsat General Corp. has been awarded a multi-year contract from Artel Inc. to supply bandwidth to the U.S. military to support UAV surveillance operations, Intelsat announced March […]

[Satellite Today 03-25-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 2R-M satellite March 24 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.     GPS 2R-M, developed by the […]

[Satellite Today 03-24-09] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) signed a $257 million contract with United Space Alliance to perform subcontractor support to ATK for the NASA‘s Ares 1 and Ares 1-X programs […]

[Satellite Today 03-24-09] The Malaysian government has shipped RazakSat from the Royal Malaysian Air Force Subang airfield to Kwajalein Island, where the satellite will be launched April 21, Malaysian government […]

[Satellite Today 03-24-09] Miteq has introduced the PA-H Model series, a new product line of medium-power X-band antenna-mount solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) and transmitter product line — the PA-H Model […]

Whether This Means Brighter Outlook For Missile Defense Programs Isn’t Yet Clear The leading congressional critic of missile defense systems will leave the powerful post where she was able to […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] Harris Corp. received a $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy First Construction Division — the Seabees — to provide multiband satellite reachback capabilities from around the […]