Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 08-16-12] NASA has selected the Norwegian Space Center (NSC) to provide combined data support services for NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program, the agency confirmed Aug. 15....

[Satellite TODAY 08-15-12] NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology Program has awarded contracts to three teams working on ways to exploit the advantages of CubeSats, the agency announced Aug. 14.    NASA...

A common misconception in the satellite media realm is that the hosted payload is a new technology that emerged from the financial crisis and government requirements to cut costs. Of...

Top officials in both European and U.S. government agencies and militaries are increasingly considering hosted payloads for a wider range of applications as both regions take cost-cutting into account in...

Satellite manufacturers are opening the door to new hosted payload deals by showcasing the abilities of their new satellite bus models. Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSSI) has been pushing several...

Maj. Gen. Mike Milford, head of ICT operations division for the Australian Defense Force (ADF) believes that hosted payloads offer comparative advantages over traditional "owned and operated" solutions, including shared...

Northrop Grumman has joined the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA). HPA formed in March 2011 as a group of satellite manufacturers, spacecraft operators, system integrators and launch vehicle providers that aim...

Satellite manufacturer Boeing has won a $317.7 million contract modification to build the 10th Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-10) global communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of...

Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) was selected by the U. S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to provide payload-processing services for the second in a series of Mobile...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to analyze and define aspects of its Phoenix program that are focused on repurposing non-working GEO...