Government/Military

Much Larger, Further Contracts Will Be Required To Buy Russian Flights Until Orion Flies In 2015 NASA took a first step into a world even its administrator doesn’t embrace, inking […]

Two European Space Agency (ESA) satellites are flying in formation to study Earth and its environment, ESA announced. ERS-2 and Envisat are flying in formation for the second time. The […]

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1.09 billion contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] to produce Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R), NASA announced. Lockheed Martin […]

Spacecraft Can’t Be Prepared Before Window In 2009 Closes Testing and hardware work can’t be completed in time to launch the Mars Science Laboratory as planned in a window of […]

With the federal government sitting back idly while the Detroit Big Three auto industry runs out of money, will Washington next permit the U.S. aerospace industry to dwindle and decay? […]

The United States must replace and upgrade its nuclear warheads or risk seeing the U.S. nuclear deterrent deteriorate and fail, according to Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of the strategic command. […]

[Satellite News 12-08-08] Astrium Services CEO Eric Béranger believes the company’s focus on the institutional market means it is less likely to be impacted by the credit crunch due to […]

Mission Delayed Seven Months By Glitch Space Shuttle Atlantis will lunch May 12 on the STS-125 Mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA announced. The final servicing mission to […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Raytheon Co., Northrop Grumman Corp. and the U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System’s (NPOESS) integrated program office completed another phase of compatibility testing for the NPOESS […]

The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) ballistic missile interceptor system that can take out multiple enemy warheads passed a test recently, the Missile Defense Agency announced. Multiple warheads are a major […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Norsat International Inc. reported increased revenues in its 2008 third quarter 2008 of $4.9 million, up from $3.8 million in 2007, Norsat announced Dec. 6. Net earnings […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour may get a piggyback ride tomorrow on a specially modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet, which will take Endeavour back to Kennedy Space Center, NASA announced. The transfer […]

Report: Kill European Missile Defense And Airborne Laser; Halt Procurement, Deployment Of Aegis, GMD, THAAD, Patriot; And End Streamlined Missile Defense Budget System The multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]

Updated — December 4, 2008 – 4 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Dec. ** Mission: TacSat-3 Launch […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Arrowhead Global Solutions, the government services division of CapRock Communications, has launched a managed network services based on commercial X-band satellites, Arrowhead announced Dec. 5.     To […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] Vizada has linked up with Eclipse to offer mobile satellite services to the European military community, the companies announced Dec. 4.      The two partners have begun […]

[Satellite Today 12-03-08] Khrunichev has lost the Kazsat-1 satellite, the head of the Russian national space agency, Talgat Musabayev, announced to Russian press officials Dec. 2.     “The KazSat-1 satellite […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Ambient Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) testing was completed on the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Sensor (VIIRS) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), Raytheon Co. announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] NASA, in coordination with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Space Systems to build the satellites for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] European space ministers have concluded a two-day meeting where they made agreements on four key resolutions to undertake new initiatives in several fields and endorsing the next […]

A Russian Progress launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan and reached orbit, then docked with the International Space Station yesterday. The logistics ship carried vital items for the station such […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] China has launched the Yaogan-4 remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Dec. 1, the Chinese state media announced.     The Yaogan-4 satellite, developed […]

Two Japanese Patriot crews recently fired Patriot missiles in testing at Fort Bliss, Texas, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The company provided operational support for the annual service practice conducted by […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has been awarded a $26.1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force‘s Arnold Engineering Development Center for the design, fabrication, installation and testing of […]

Updated — November 30, 2008 – 5:30 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Dec. ** Mission: TacSat-3 Launch […]

New Uses Seen For ABL Include Taking Out Aircraft, Cruise Missiles, Surface-To-Air Missile: Boeing Test Success, Possible New Uses For ABL Come As Congress May Consider Cutting ABL Funds In […]

European space ministers in recent days have backed multi-year outlays for the European Space Agency totaling Euro11.2 billion (US$14.4 billion). Various time frames apply to different programs, ranging from 2009-2013, […]

Bad Florida Weather Forces Endeavour To Divert To Edwards Air Force Base Fickle Florida weather that forced Space Shuttle Endeavour into a West Coast landing yesterday, a cranky and reluctant […]

While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will […]

President-elect Obama today announced he will retain Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the top Pentagon post, and also said Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Armed […]