Government/Military

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C7, lofted four satellites into orbit Jan. 10. The 10th PSLV mission placed India’s Cartosat-2 and Space Capsule Recovery Experiment...

Moving to position itself to meet growing commercial demand for high-resolution satellite imagery, DigitalGlobe awarded Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. a contract to build the WorldView 2 satellite, DigitalGlobe announced...

Swales Aerospace has completed a critical design review for the TacSat-3 Modular Bus program, the company announced. TacSat-3 is sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicle Directorate as...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract valued at about $50 million to execute a system design review for the next-generation GPS space segment, Lockheed Martin announced...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced plans Dec. 19 to locate a satellite receiving station in India for capturing data from the future National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental...

UGS Corp. will supply its NX digital product development software to Rocketplane Kistler Inc. (RPK) for the development of the K-1 launch vehicle, UGS announced. The K-1 is a fully...

The first satellite in Germany’s SAR-Lupe system was placed into orbit Dec. 19 by a Russian Cosmos 3M booster, satellite prime contractor OHB-System announced. The system of five identical satellites,...

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, announced Dec. 19 that an agreement has been reached with Estonia to become the third Baltic State to join the...

The newest modernized GPS Block 2R satellite has been declared fully operational by the U.S. Air Force, manufacturer Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 19. Launched in November, GPS 2R-16M joins two...

NASA has signed an agreement to make its archive of images and other information available through Internet giant Google, NASA announced Dec. 18. Under a Space Act Agreement, NASA’s Ames...