Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-09] The GPS 2R-21 M satellite, the last in the series of eight U.S. military GPS-2R satellites, has been declared operational for military and civilian users, the U.S....

[Satellite TODAY 08-28-09] The DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 imagery satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in anticipation of its scheduled Oct. 6 launch, DigitalGlobe announced Aug. 27.     WorldView-2, built...

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-09] iDirect has completed testing under the U.S. Joint User Interoperability Communications Exercise (JUICE) program, which assessed the capability of its technology to stream video-conference in ground vehicles...

[Satellite TODAY 08-26-09] The launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (Naro), South Korea’s first rocket, failed to deliver its payload – the Korean Science and Technology Satellite 2 (KSTS...

[Satellite TODAY 08-25-09] Iridium Satellite has been contracted to provide satellite phone service to motorists on the Canadian Trans-Labrador highway for the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Iridium announced Aug....

[Satellite TODAY 08-25-09] Russia’s space mission control has placed the KazSat-1 satellite into a graveyard orbit in efforts to discard the spacecraft, according to reports by Russian news agency Ria...

[Satellite TODAY 08-25-09] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed a letter of intent to cooperate with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in satellite disaster monitoring, JAXA announced Aug. 24....

[Satellite News 08-25-09] The launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (Naro), South Korea’s first rocket, failed to deliver its payload — the Korean Science and Technology Satellite 2 (KSTS...

[Satellite TODAY 08-24-09] The launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (Naro), South Korea’s first rocket scheduled to launch a small experimental satellite into low-Earth orbit, has been delayed due...

[Satellite TODAY 08-21-09] The Canadian Ministry of Industry awarded EMS Technologies a $7.9 million repayable investment to support EMS’ next-generation mobile satellite communications research and development project, EMS announced Aug....