Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 02-29-12] Lockheed Martin has delivered the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral, the company announced Feb. 27. The satellite will be readied for...

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-12]  Raytheon’s U.S. Air Force satellite terminal system that provides protected communications to warfighters has received a successful Milestone C decision and subsequent production award, the company announced...

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-12] Critical military space capabilities such as missile warning, satellite communications, launch and space situational awareness were protected in the Pentagon’s 2013 space program budget to ensure continued...

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-12] China has successfully launched its fifth Compass-G satellite into orbit onboard a Long March 3C rocket from the C2 launch complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center,...

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-12] GeoEye has entered into a strategic partnership with global geographic information software provider Esri to jointly develop a new crisis response imagery service, the companies confirmed Feb....

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-12] L-3 Communications subsidiary 3Di Technologies has selected Intelsat General as a subcontract to provide satellite connectivity to a network of 150 VSAT remote terminals for the Iraqi...

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-12] U.K. value-added systems company Integrated Satellite Applications Technologies (iSat) has developed a unique swappable X-band feed for C-Com’s 1.2M Ku-band auto-deploy iNetVu transportable system, the companies announced...

[Satellite News 02-24-12] It has been known for years that space debris — or pieces of man-made, non-functional hardware — has been littering the Earth’s low, medium and geostationary orbits...

[Satellite News 02-24-12] Thales Alenia Space has won the largest satellite construction contract in history to produce six Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites for the European meteorological satellite organization (Eumetsat),...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-12] Orbital Sciences beat analysts’ 2011 fourth quarter earnings consensus backed by impressive orders and year-over-year backlog growth, the company announced as part of its Feb. 22 fiscal...