Government/Military

[Via Satellite 11-22-13] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been selected for additional robotics work for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phoenix Program. MDA has started work […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors developed by Harris Corporation have successfully deployed onboard the second U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin. […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) testified on the satellite industry’s leading role in the commercialization of space at a hearing held by the United States House Committee […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Arianespace has ordered 10 Vega rockets from the Italian manufacturer European Launch Vehicle, to be ready for launch starting at the end of 2015. They follow the […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] The European Parliament has approved the financing and governance of two European satellite navigation programs: Galileo and EGNOS, from 2014 to 2020. Their total budget of 7 […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Last night at 8:15 p.m. EST, Orbital Sciences launched the Ball Aerospace-built STPSat 3 satellite onboard a Minotaur 1 rocket. The satellite was launched as one of […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Alphasat, designed and built by Astrium, has reached its operational in-orbit position and has successfully completed all in-orbit tests. Built for Inmarsat, Astrium developed the technology with […]

U.S. DoD’s needs for innovation investments to maximize all assets (Milsatcom & commercial) has never been greater. With the drawdown in Afghanistan complete and new hot spots emerging, U.S. Department […]

[Via Satellite 11-18-13] Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (Finmeccanica/Thales), has increased its involvement in the ExoMars mission. The company has been awarded a further work order by the […]

[Via Satellite 11-15-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is set to send DubaiSat 2 into space on Nov. 21, 2013 from the Yasny launch base in […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-13] Inmarsat has signed Tampa Microwave as a terminal partner for land satellite terminals for its forthcoming Global Xpress high-speed broadband service. Already in use by U.S. Special […]

[Via Satellite 11-12-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is organizing the eighth meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG), an organization supported […]

[Via Satellite 11-11-13] Gilat Satcom and Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST) have jointly been awarded a 36 month procurement contract by the Israeli Government covering all MSS services on both […]

  [Via Satellite 11-08-13] Changes are afoot in the satellite industry, and analysts at Euroconsult have detailed them in a new report titled “Satellites to be Built & Launched by […]

[Via Satellite 11-08-13] Research and Markets has added a new report that analyzes the global Earth observation market. According to the “Global Satellite-based Earth Observation Market 2013 Report,” this market […]

[Via Satellite 11-08-13] The Harris Corporation was honored with an R&D 100 award for developing a reconfigurable space-borne radio as part of a NASA-led team. The awards, presented annually by […]

[Via Satellite 11-07-13] Arianespace has carried out an exciting launch in Kazakhstan carrying the Olympic torch into the space as part its preparations for the Winter Olympics next year, which […]

[Via Satellite 11-07-13] Astrium will deliver new terminals to the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) and related IP baseband, to enable secure communications on frontlines overseas, Astrium announced Nov. 7. […]

[Via Satellite 11-06-13] The U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) has awarded Tethers Unlimited (TUI) a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to complete development of […]

[Via Satellite 11-05-13] Exelis successfully completed factory acceptance testing for the GPS 3 navigation payload simulator software. Developed by Exelis, the software will simulate the behavior of GPS signals in […]

[Via Satellite 11-04-13] Exelis has completed the primary payload for the future Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES R, weather satellite. The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), which provides high-resolution imagery of […]

[Via Satellite 11-04-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) announced that it has moved the DubaiSat 2 satellite from South Korea to Russia. DubaiSat 2 will be […]

[Via Satellite 11-01-13] UltiSat has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat for capacity on the satellite Eutelsat 5 West A. Taking advantage of the satellite’s C-band coverage of Africa, it […]

[Via Satellite 10-31-13] Astrium has entered into a partnership agreement with IHS to deliver satellite imagery and services for intelligence analysis and reporting. The partnership will enable IHS to meet […]

[Via Satellite 10-30-13] ViaSat and Green Hills Software have partnered to deliver military-grade security for Android smartphones and tablets. The INTEGRITY Multivisor separation-kernel has been selected as the hypervisor solution […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] Astrium has delivered the proto-flight model (PFM) of the microwave radiometer (MWR), to the prime contractor Thales Alenia Space for installation on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) […]

[Via Satellite 10-25-13] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a contract task order to Riverside Technology, a designer and implementer of integrated scientific, engineering and IT solutions, […]

[Via Satellite 10-23-13] NASA has awarded Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) a contract to provide facilities and pre-launch processing services for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission to launch in […]

[Via Satellite 10-21-13] Iridium Communications has been boosted by a $400 million, multi-year, fixed-price contract win with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide satellite airtime services to meet […]

[Via Satellite 10-21-13] After mapping variations in Earth’s gravity with high detail for four years, the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has […]