Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 12-26-12] The United States’ domestic satellite industry received an early Christmas gift late last week when the Senate voted to remove certain International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR)...

Two new satellites have emerged from Russia’s manufacturing sector. The nation of Angola’s first satellite – Angosat – is now being built by a Russian consortium led by RSC and...

[Satellite TODAY 12-26-12] NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite has arrived at its California launch site at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in preparation for its launch in early...

Reports indicate that an agreement on the deal between Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force for new military communications satellites is unlikely to be reached before the end of the year.

Harris has won a fifth option year valued at $66 million from the Air Force on its Network and Space Operations and Maintenance (NSOM) contract

The launch of the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) SARAL satellite designed to study the ocean currents and sea surface heights has been delayed from December to February 2013 due to glitches

Arianespace successfully launched the five-tonne Skynet-5D satellite from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

Boeing has delivered two Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment (SENSE) satellites to the U.S. Air Force to aid in assessing the value of small satellites in military space operations

ViaSat will provide a U.S. government customer with broadband airborne satcom services under a valued $52 million one year contract.

According to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, the satellite was delivered into its correct orbit by a Long March 2D rocket.