Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-11] Canadian information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) signed a contract in excess of $8.1 million with an unnamed customer to provide a multi-satellite ground...

[Satellite TODAY 06-09-11] NASA space observatories observed an “unusual” solar flare that could possibly cause minor disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth in the next day or so,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Tactical Satellite-3 (TacSat-3) has surpassed its expected six-month operational lifespan and completed its second year of service.     ATK, the spacecraft’s...

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] Geospatial information service provider GeoEye promoted Uyen Dinh to vice president of its Government Affairs division, the company announced June 7.    Dinh joined GeoEye in May...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-08-11] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is posting the country’s satellite policy on the website of its commercial arm, Antix, in an effort to provide greater...

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] Raytheon has successfully completed the third major communications upgrade at McMurdo research station in Antarctica to support future U.S. scientific and environmental satellite missions for the National...

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket is set to launch the Argentine SAC-D satellite and a hitchhiking NASA instrument June 9 from the Vandenberg U.S. Air...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-07-11] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. unveiled a plan to increase its annual satellite sales to $1.87 billion by March 2021 and double its annual satellite production capacity from...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-11] Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) will launch two satellites into the orbit by the end of June, NASRDA officials announced June 6.     NigeriaSat-2...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-11] The U.S. Export-Import Bank (U.S. Ex-Im) has unveiled the conditions of its financing agreement with the Azerbaijan government for the production of the country’s first national communications...