Government/Military

Costs, Options For Reducing Gap Between Shuttles, Orion, Detailed In NASA Study The Constellation Program won’t cut the size of the Orion space capsule, or crew exploration vehicle, as a […]

The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, which predicted a WMD terrorist attack likely will occur by 2013, focused on weapons of mass destruction rather than possible […]

SA-20s Wouldn’t Threaten F-22 Raptors, But Perhaps Would Imperil F-35s, B-2s Russia is selling highly sophisticated SA-20 long-range air defense missiles to Iran, weapons that wouldn’t endanger super-stealthy F-22 Raptor […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour, having earlier completed a 16-day mission that improved the International Space Station, finally made it back home to Kennedy Space Center, riding piggyback atop a modified Boeing […]

The Navy fired seven Standard Missile-2 Block IIIA anti-air warfare missiles as part of ongoing U.S. Navy shipbuilder trials and operational tests, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Four of the intercepts […]

Updated — December 12, 2008 – 3:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Jan. 30 * Mission: OCO […]

An Air Strike By A Threatened Israel May Be Last Chance To Stop Iran No Chance Seen For U.S. Strike On Iranian Nuclear Facilities Iran is on the verge of […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] The Space Foundation has certified three GMV space products: insightArthroVR, Moviloc, and SAGRAN, as certified space technologies, GMV announced Dec. 10.     The Space Foundation’s space certification […]

[Satellite News 12-12-08] President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is considering what it calls, “not-yet-refined technology,” which includes solar energy-collecting satellites, as part of its energy plan, according to the administration’s […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] DataPath has received a $3.6 million order from the U.S. Army to continue resets, repairs and upgrades to its Satellite Transportable Terminals (STT) used in the U.S. […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded $7.8 million in orders from the U.S. government to provide fixed satellite terminal sites and managed bandwidth services over 16 months […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] GeoEye has finalized a service level agreement modification to the company’s NextView contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), GeoEye announced Dec. 10.     The value […]

There is more than a 50 percent chance that an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) will be perpetrated by the end of 2013, a threat emanating from […]

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) advanced in successful compatibility testing for the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP). Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] and the […]

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 […]

The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system successfully killed a target missile in a realistic test using multiple radars, showing that the Missile Defense Agency and its contractors have developed a […]

Terrorist insurgents in Iraq have scores of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), a new report shows. In more than two years since October 2006, at least 121 SAMs have been discovered in […]