Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 04-08-10] Harris Corp. has completed operational testing of its AN/WSC-6G(V)9 satellite communications terminal for the U.S. Navy, the company announced April 7.     The completion of testing and...

[Satellite TODAY 04-07-10] Raytheon Co. has been awarded a NASA contract to maintain and manage sensing data and imagery on the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)    ...

[Satellite TODAY 04-07-10] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received $12.1 million in tri-band, Ka-band amplifier and satellite earth station modem equipment orders from an unnamed government prime contractor, the company announced April...

[Satellite TODAY 04-07-10] Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has signed a five-year contract and received  $3.8 million in orders from Harris Corp. to support the U.S. Navy’s commercial broadband satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 04-07-10] SatMax Corp. has launched its 2010 hurricane awareness initiative, targeting first responders and emergency preparedness centers throughout the Gulf Coast region, the company announced April 6.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 04-06-10] Bolivia has made its proposed partnership with China to build and launch its Tupac Katari telecommunications satellite official by signing an agreement with Chinese authorities for a...

[Satellite TODAY 04-06-10] The U.S. Air Force will launch its robotic X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle to conduct technology tests April 19, the U.S. Department of Defense announced April 5.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 04-05-10] The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) CryoSat-2 ice satellite has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and has been integrated with the Dnepr rocket in preparation for...

[Satellite TODAY 04-02-10] The Ukrainian and Russian governments are close to an agreement to have both countries’ aerospace industries cooperate to expand and operate the Glonass global military navigation satellite...

In December, we discussed the final report of the White House Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee, otherwise known as the Augustine Committee. The report found NASA’s current human...