Author: Veronica Magan

China has announced its fourth launch center will be ready for use in two years.

Approximately 30 percent of the more than 280 new observational satellites expected to launch over the next decade, will probably come from countries with developing space programs, such as Kazakhstan and Vietnam.

China has announced its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is expected to reach full-scale global coverage in 2020.

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] The Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) has announced a $300 million deal with Arianespace to procure and launch two rockets carrying its satellites in 2015. NBN’s goal...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to orbit for its second mission under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. The...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to orbit for its second mission under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. The...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] China has announced its plan to take over a more prominent role in the global commercial satellite launching business. The country, which currently has 3 percent of...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] The first satellite powered by a Google Nexus One smartphone is successfully working from its orbit. The United Kingdom Space Agency’s STRaND-1 was launched on Feb. 25...

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy aircraft (SOFIA) will be updated this summer to include Inmarsat communications technology.

Bing Maps have been updated. Microsoft's digital maps service now feature a new base satellite image from TerraColor with a resolution of 15 meters per pixel.