Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-10] JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have successfully launched the Japanese meteorological satellite Akatsuki (Planet C) aboard a H-2A launch vehicle on May 21, JAXA confirmed.     The...

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has completed a preliminary design review for a propulsion system that it is building for NASA, the company announced May 20.     The review...

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-10] The Czech Republic has become a member state of Eumetsat (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), the organization announced May 20.     The Czech Republic...

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-10] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the Delta 4 launch of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-SV1satellite (GPS 2F-SV1) to May 21, the company announced....

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-10] CapRock Government Solutions has been contracted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide a complete solution of technical design, network implementation, field services and...

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-10] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites for the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency Oct. 29, SSTL announced May 12....

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Astrium has shipped the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) of the Johannes Kepler, the second European spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), to Arianespace’s spaceport in French...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-10] Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space have signed a deal with the Italian Ministry of Defense and the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) for the development of the...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded a $1.8 million contract extension with the U.S. Department of Defense to continue providing managed bandwidth services for fixed satellite terminal...

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received a $67.3 million Movement Tracking System (MTS) contract extension with the U.S. Army, which increases its current order ceiling to $672.4 million,...