Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] Russian launch provider Kosmotras has postponed the launch of the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) CryoSat-2 satellite due to technical issues with the Dnepr rocket‚s second stage steering...

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) added two new special item numbers for commercial satellite communications services to Federal Supply Schedule 70 under the $5 billion, 10-year...

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Com Dev data services subsidiary exactEarth signed a $1.4 million contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide space-based Automatic Identification System (S-AIS) data collected by...

[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] Orbital Sciences Corp. revenues dropped to $282.3 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $305.2 million in same period of 2008.     The company’s fourth quarter operating...

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-10] Axio-Net, an Astrium Services subsidiary, won a contract to provide satellite positioning data services to the German and Danish governments for the development of a 19-kilometer road...

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] Madrid-based space company GMV has completed initial testing of the World Space Observatory Ultraviolet mission satellite ground segment, the company announced Feb. 16.     GMV was contracted...

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-10] The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is set to complete construction on the runway of its new horizontal launch facility, Spaceport America, NMSA announced Feb. 16.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 02-16-10] SES is adopting training services from Global VSAT Forum (GVF) in order to help prevent RF interference (RFI), SES announced Feb. 15.     SES said the services...

[Satellite TODAY 02-11-10] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with French and Italian space agencies CNES and ASI, to develop, construct, test and deliver in orbit a broadband civil...

[Satellite TODAY 02-11-10] Satellite WAN optimization and acceleration solutions provider Stampede Technologies signed an OEM agreement with Global Protocols Inc. (GPI) to integrate GPI’s SkipWare onto Stampede’s FX-series acceleration appliances,...