Government/Military

By James Careless Today more than ever, secure communications matter; whether for maintaining homeland security, protecting privacy or just keeping competitors’ prying eyes at bay. This is why businesses and...

By Gerry Oberst In January 2003, the European Commission issued a consultation green paper to initiate new discussions on Europe’s activities in space. It looks as if the European Union...

by Peter J. Brown As I was sitting here on my snow-covered island awaiting news of a possible broadband via satellite breakthrough, the Bezos space connection suddenly blossomed into view....

By Peter J. Brown Much development in the satellite remote sensing industry has occurred since the 1990s and new government and commercial applications continue to emerge on the arena. Today,...

At U.K.-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), a number of earth observation (EO) projects are underway. The largest involves five microsatellites for the $100 million Rapideye constellation being constructed for...

By Peter J. Brown In 2004, global natural disasters and terrorist attacks took a tremendous toll. In the United States, many died and billions in property damage resulted as hurricanes...

By James Careless There is a new word in the TV lexicon: ‘centralcasting’. It is the cost-saving strategy of producing a whole range of TV channels in a central facility,...

by Nick Mitsis As the global commercial satellite industry enters the final months of 2004, business executives are examining which of the undertaken ventures worked and what strategic objectives they...

by Gerry Oberst Europe took a number of important steps in mid-summer this year toward turning its proposed Galileo satellite radionavigation system into a reality. In late June, the European...

By Peter J. Brown Hats off to India for taking a very ambitious step forward in the early 21st century with its decision to launch Edusat, which, at least at...