Government/Military

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] The launch of a Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite failed Feb. 24 when the rocket’s payload fairing failed to separate properly, satellite...

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of Shiron Satellite from Polar Communications for $16 million, Elbit announced Feb. 24.     Polar Communications, which owned 47.4 percent of...

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Al Yah Satellite Communications (Yahsat) is launching YahSecure, a secure satellite communications service to military, government agencies and mission-critical commercial applications, the company announced Feb. 22.    ...

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Outerlink Corp., a satellite-based mobile asset management solutions provider, has teamed with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide satellite-tracking data from all commercial satellite...

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has certified imagery from the GeoEye-1 as meeting NGA’s requirements for quality, accuracy and resolution, GeoEye announced Feb. 22.     The...

More Work Required To Review Data, Perform Tests, Before Experts Will Be Comfortable With Flight Safety Another Flight Readiness Review May Be Held; No Liftoff Seen During March 13-April 6;...

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] Two UCLA geography professors say their work with satellite tracking software might help the United States get closer to capturing Osama Bin Laden, according to a Feb....

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] RapidEye reached an agreement with Bufete de Ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones y Sistemas (BITS), to be its sole distributor of satellite imagery in Mexico and Central America, RapidEye...

The House this week will consider legislation to provide $1.4 billion for NASA earth science to fund critical satellite missions, funding that merits approval, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said....

The last new section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center for assembly, prior to the next-generation U.S. spacecraft rocket soaring on its first flight sometime...