Government/Military

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] Arianespace launched the Herschel and Planck satellites for the European Space Agency (ESA) from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, Arianespace announced May 14.    The two...

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) backed NASA‘s action to award Orbital Sciences the contract to provide commercial resupply services for the International Space Station over PlanetSpace,...

[Satellite Today 05-13-09] GeoEye Inc. reported a revenue increase of 26 percent to $45.2 million compared to $35.9 million in the first quarter of 2008 in its first quarter 2009...

[Satellite Today 05-12-09] A new active period of Earth-threatening solar storms will be the weakest since 1928, according to a May 8 announcement by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

[Satellite Today 05-12-09] The U.S. Air Force may not be able to acquire new 2F satellites in time to maintain current GPS service without interruption, according to a U.S. Government...

[Satellite Today 05-11-09] NASA awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth up to $44.5 million over a 10-year period to support the design, manufacture, assembly, test and calibration of a flight...

[Satellite Today 05-11-09] U.S. President Obama has proposed an $18.7 billion budget for NASA in 2010, a five percent increase over 2009, according to information posted on the White House...

[Satellite Today 05-08-09] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA selected Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. to build two satellites for NOAA’s next generation geostationary satellite series,...

[Satellite Today 05-08-09] Raytheon Co. was awarded a contract to study the NextGen Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance architecture and determine the National Airspace System’s needs for 2018 to 2025,...

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) and NASA successfully launched a Delta II rocket carrying the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) mission for...