Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 08-15-11] Canadian communications solutions provider Norsat International was awarded a new satellite-based communications equipment and services program from the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency, Norsat announced Aug....

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-11] Canadian essential information satellite solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been contracted to provide Radarsat-2 satellite imagery to the European Space Agency (ESA), MDA announced...

[Satellite News 08-12-11] Wholesale 4G LTE network operator LightSquared filed its latest grievance with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Aug. 11, in a letter claiming that the GPS industry...

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-11] China is set to launch a communications satellite for Pakistan on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Chinese government officials confirmed Aug....

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-11] Orbit Communication Systems has signed a contract with an unnamed Asian Navy for multiple OrBand (AL-7107) maritime C-band VSAT systems, the manufacturer announced Aug. 10.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Officials from China’s National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation confirmed Aug. 8 that the Chinese government is set to launch a high-definition civil survey satellite by...

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] An unnamed U.S. government agency has contracted Globecomm Systems to lead efforts in providing government program management and services with subcontractor L-3 Narda Satellite Networks, Globecomm announced...

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Wholesale 4G-LTE wireless satellite network operator LightSquared has successfully transitioned approximately 50,000 public safety and enterprise customers from its MSAT satellites to LightSquared’s new SkyTerra 1 satellite,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-01-11] The Vietnamese government has authorized the construction of its second Earth observation microsatellite VnRedSat-1B and has selected Belgian space systems company Spacebel as its prime contractor.            ...

According to the Satellite Industry Association’s 2011 State of the Satellite Industry Report, satellite equipment sales are up and consumer GPS hardware is singled out as one of the drivers....