Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-12] Encompass Government Solutions has been awarded a Schedule 70 contract for information technology services from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Encompass confirmed Jan. 11.    Encompass...

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-12] Satellite operator Measat has named Zainudin bin Abdul as its vice president of satellite engineering and operations and Yau Chyong Lim as its vice president of business...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-12-12] Lockheed Martin will provide Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS 3 satellites from launch through early on-orbit testing under a $21.5...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-11-12] In a Jan. 10 statement to press officials, Roskosmos Chief Vladimir Popovkin said that he had no clear explanation for Russia’s failed launch of the $163...

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-12] The U.S. Air Force scheduled the launch of its fourth Wideband Global Satcom satellite (WGS-4) for Jan. 19. The satellite will ride aboard a United Launch Alliance...

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-12] Control and synchronization product developer for terrestrial applications Frequency Electronics has been awarded follow-on contracts to provide timing and microwave frequency sources for the eighth and ninth...

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] China will launch Bolivia’s first telecommunications satellite, Tupac Katari, into orbit in December 2013, Chinese Ambassador to Bolivia Shen Zhiliang announced Jan 5.    The satellite is...

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] Canadian space and satellite information solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), has issued a contract to EarthView Image valued at $3 million, the companies announced Jan....

[Satellite News 01-06-12] The British government has taken up plans to foster domestic research and technology work and develop its satellite applications industry through the construction of a new facility...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-05-12] GeoEye and its Russian partner ScanEx Research and Development Center have been contracted by the Russian government to provide millions of square kilometers of high-resolution satellite...