Government/Military

NASA awarded a contract worth up to $58 million for administrative support services at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The deal went to REDE/Critique NSS, Joint Venture, of New Orleans. […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Boeing and the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army  Forces Strategic Command have launched a joint research and development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types […]

Balanced, Steady Funding Sought For Missile Defense As President Obama is considering whether to resurrect the former White House National Space Council, a recent report recommends just such a move, […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Boeing and the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army  Forces Strategic Command have launched a joint research and development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types […]

NASA test-fired the igniter used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor, the agency announced. The test paves the way for the initial ground test of the Ares […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] said it shipped a sensor that will study aerosols and their effects on Earth climate, the company announced. The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor will be integrated with NASA’s […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] and the Army will cooperate on processing sensor data for missile defense and space situational awareness, the company announced. They launched a joint research-and-development effort to […]

Fuel Line Problems Finally Yield To Probe By Experts; Shuttle Flight Is Safe With No Foam Insulation Problems Seen Discovery Set To Reenter, Land On March 28 And we have […]

United States May Be About To Repeat Past Mistakes: Stopping A Program Just As It Is About To Prove It Works Time Is Running Out For Providing $2 Billion To […]

NASA At 50 Isn’t Adrift; Rather, NASA Still Has Purpose, Relevance, Gerstenmaier Says He Is Asked About Obama Comment A senior NASA official last night rejected the idea that the […]

President Obama said NASA suffers from "drift," adding that NASA must have "a new mission that is appropriate for the 21st century," the Orlando Sentinel reported. He also will appoint […]

U.S. Intelligence Unsure Whether Iran Already Bought Nuclear Bomb From Another Nation: Witnesses U.S. Intel Experts Say Iran Wields Technological Know-How To Build Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Iran is moving in […]

GREENBELT, Md. — Even before President Obama releases his detailed federal government budget plan for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, leaders of NASA centers across the nation are […]

GREENBELT, Md. – Any changes that President Obama may make in the U.S. space program should be made swiftly, to reduce anxiety and uncertainty caused by rumors churning throughout industry, […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Swe-Dish Satellite Systems unveiled its FA120KS Fly-Away satellite communications terminal with multi-band capability, the company announced March 10.     The FA120KS is being marketed for voice, video […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Twenty First Century Systems (21CSI) has entered into an agreement with Infoterra to become the U.S. distributor of its satellite based synthetic aperture radar TerraSAR-X services, 21CSI […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Raytheon, along with Northrop Grumman and the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office have deployed and demonstrated the ground segment’s interface data processing […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] TriaGnoSys is set to reveal a next-generation Newsky Network air traffic control service that integrates satellite technology to provide graphical weather maps, Voice Over IP and passenger […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. launched its next-generation Blue Force Tracking High Capacity (BFT-HC) solution for satellite-enhanced asset tracking and secure mobile data communications, Comtech announced March 9. […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has delivered the first two suites of equipment for the Kanopus-type satellite platforms to VNIIEM in Russia, the company said March 6. […]

[Satellite Today 03-09-09] NASA needs to increase the effectiveness of its project management and adopt better practices that focus on closing gaps in knowledge about requirements, technologies, funding, time and […]

NASA is holding a tournament in which participants can vote for what they think are the all-time greatest missions out of 64. The Mission Madness competition begins today. Space fans […]

Incorrect information was supplied to Space & Missile Defense Report by Fleishman-Hilliard public relations concerning the title of Ed Anderson, information that was used in an article March 2, 2009. […]

Discovery Launch A Day Earlier Than Expected; NASA Likely Can Execute Its Five Planned Space Shuttle Missions This Year, On Schedule Satellites Colliding Raise Risk Of Catastrophic Damage To Space […]

NASA is making progress in tackling problems with programs suffering cost overruns and schedule delays, but more work remains in fixing the mess, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified. The […]

Russia is developing an anti-satellite capability, The International Herald Tribune reported, quoting a Russian official. Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Valentin Popovkin said Russia can’t remain idle while China and the […]

Mikulski Continues To Chair NASA Oversight Subcommittee Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) will continue to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee commerce, justice, science and related agencies subcommittee for the next […]

NASA named six people to a mishap investigation board to probe causes of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) disaster, in which the carbon-dioxide-tracking satellite was lost as it plunged into […]

In a brilliant nighttime launch, a Delta II rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA) blazed into a black sky over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to place the Kepler […]

Updated — March 6, 2009 – 12:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 6 Mission: Kepler Launch […]