Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-09] TS2 Satellite Technologies has introduced a new satellite link product line to be used by companies operating in the Middle East and Asia as well as by...

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-09] The European Union (EU) has launched Egnos, a free satellite navigation network based on an enhanced version of the U.S. global positioning system  (GPS), the EU announced...

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-09] Comtech EF Data Corp. received a $1.1 million equipment order from the U.S. government to support the government’s satellite-based communications infrastructure, the company announced Oct. 1.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 10-02-09] RapidEye received a contract to supply the Brazilian state of Bahia with satellite imagery through Santiago & Cintra Consultoria, its Brazilian distributor, RapidEye announced Oct. 1.   ...

The U.K. government initiated two consultations this summer that will have an impact on the satellite industry as a whole. Both are initiatives of the newly-renamed Department for Business Innovation...

The 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, and the approaching end of the space shuttle program after a nearly 30-year run have prompted reflection and soul-searching...

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-09] GeoEye has received $249.5 million in funding as a result of its 2012 senior note sale offered Sept. 21, the company announced.     The funding is a...

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom received $7.3 million in Blue Force Tracking orders from the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 29.     Comtech will supply the Army with...

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-09] RapidEye has been added to the prime vendor contract list for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Services as well as the USDA Office of...

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-09] Boeing completed developmental system testing on the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite ground control system, known as the Operational Control Segment (OCS), for the...