Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will sponsor the five-day 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town, South Africa, SSTL announced Sept. 27.    The company said...

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Raytheon has completed the preliminary design review for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), which determined the program’s development approach, cost estimates and delivery...

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Canadian satellite and technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has received two contract amendments from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) totaling $9.18 million, MDA announced Sept....

[Satellite News 09-27-11] Orbital Sciences Corp. completed its 23rd consecutive successful Minotaur rocket mission, launching the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Satellite-4 (TacSat-4) into an elliptical orbit, the company confirmed Sept. 27....

[Satellite News 09-26-11] While congressional committees work to trim the United States’ costs by targeting valuable science and weather satellite programs, Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Andy Harris (R-...

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Globecomm Systems, a global provider of communications solutions and services, has been awarded a contract from an unnamed U.S. Government agency valued at $1.9 million, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-11] The U.S. Air Force’s Operationally Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite was declared fully operational following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of all systems, the spacecraft’s bus manufacturer ATK...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-21-11] China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) has received its first contract in Europe to build a communications satellite for Belarus using its Dongfanghong-4 satellite platform and...

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] Astrium Services signed a three-year contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver satellite images under the terms of the European Global Monitoring for Environment and...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-11] Raytheon has fielded the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) satellite communications solution to the U.S. armed services, the company...