Government/Military

[Satellite News 08-04-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s (SpaceX) fortunes have taken another turn for the worse, with yet another launch failure. Approximately two minutes after its August 2 launch, SpaceX’s...

[Satellite News 08-04-08] Astrium announced that it expects the THailand Earth Observation Satellite (THEOS) will be launched August 6 on board a Dnepr rocket from the Yasny launch site in...

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] Northrop Grumman, at the command of the U.S. Air Force, has decommissioned the Defense Support Program (DSP) Flight 19 satellite after nine years of service.     Launched...

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] A team led by Boeing Advanced Systems has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for the first phase of the Fast Access Spacecraft...

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it delivered the Galaxy 19 satellite for Intelsat to Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif. On July 30. Galaxy 19,...

Europe funds a substantial number of space-related research projects, with the vast bulk of money in recent years directed to the Galileo navigation satellite system and to the Global Monitoring...

[Satellite Today 07-30-08] Inmarsat’s BGAN will be used by a European Union-backed emergency response initiative to set up temporary GSM networks in disaster zones, Inmarsat announced July 29.     The...

[Satellite Today 07-30-08]  Raytheon has partnered with Boeing to bid for the U.S. Air Force’s Counterspace Command and Control Sustainment contract, the companies announced July 30.     The requirements of...

[Satellite Today 07-30-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has partnered with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, Response and Operations Division (IDHS) expand a public safety network through several Midwestern states,...

[Satellite News 07-30-08] The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has urged the U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to continue encouraging and facilitating the incorporation of satellite-based communications capability into public safety...