Government/Military

President-elect Barack Obama said in his victory speech that the United States will defeat those who attempt to tear down the world, while also offering an olive branch to those […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour is poised on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center to lift off at 7:55 p.m. ET Friday for the STS-126 Mission to the International Space Station. […]

Multiple sensors in ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS) were linked as they participated in a test, tracking a strategic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the Missile Defense Agency […]

Updated — November 4, 2008 – 2:40 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch […]

Medvedev Tests The Mettle Of A New American President, Announcing Russian Missiles To Be Stationed In Kaliningrad Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his first state of the nation address before […]

NASA Gives Lockheed $667.3 Million To $977 Million Contract NASA gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $667.3 million to $977 million contract affecting hardware and other items needed for human […]

Backgrounder: Analysts Predicting Plunging Revenues May Be Proven Wrong Multiple Ways Pundits are saying that President-elect Barack Obama will have a tough time righting the economy, handling two simultaneous wars, […]

The CERES sensor was delivered a week ahead of schedule and on budget for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. […]

Full House Authorization Committee Overseeing NASA Has Stable Leadership, But Major Shakeup Hits Subcommittee NASA Faces New Top Appropriators In Both Senate, House Next Year In the wake of elections […]

The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, a Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), was delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for a Feb. 4 launch, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Lockheed Martin […]

In House, Missile Defense Leader Franks Reelected, But So Too Is Tauscher Key Appropriations Leadership May See Shakeup After Election Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services […]

A satellite expected to last four years is still going after five years in orbit, so its replacement won’t have to be launched immediately, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] stated. The […]

Israeli Defense Minister Tzipi Livni told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the tiny Middle Eastern nation isn’t ruling out any option as it faces a growing Iranian threat, […]

[Satellite News 11-10-08] Maj. Michael Moyles of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Superiority Panel is a strong believer in the ability of hosted commercial payloads to serve the satellite communication […]

A team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] finished the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) spacecraft integrated baseline review on schedule, the company announced. That effort with the Air […]

[Satellite Today 11-10-08] A team led by Lockheed Martin was awarded the facilities development and operations contract for the Johnson Space Center by NASA, Lockheed Martin announced Nov. 10.     […]

[Satellite Today 11-07-08] Lockheed Martin’s Block 5D-3 spacecraft, which had an original operative lifespan of four years, has surpassed five years of on-orbit operations and continues to function normally, the […]

[Satellite Today 11-07-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has received two new equipment deals from military and domestic companies for military equipment.     On Nov. 6, Comtech announced that its California-based subsidiary, […]

[Satellite Today 11-06-08] Astrium’s Skynet 5 satellite design and manufacturing team has won two specialist awards from The Royal Aeronautical Society, Astrium announced Nov. 5.     One of the awards […]

[Satellite Today 11-06-08] DigitalGlobe has signed an agreement with DeCarta, a supplier of software and services for the location-based services (LBS) industry, under which DigitalGlobe will provide DeCarta’s geospatial platform […]

[Satellite Today 11-06-08] Lockheed Martin Space Systems’ NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, a polar operational environmental satellite, has been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for a Feb. 4, […]

[Satellite News 11-06-08] A number of key figures from the U.K. Ministry of Defense emphasized the importance of satellite communications in next generation warfare at the Global MilSatCom conference.     […]

[Satellite Today 11-04-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has introduced DragonLab, a reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and unpressurized payloads to and from space.     In a Nov. 4 […]

[Satellite Today 11-04-08] NASA has selected Harris Corp.’s OS/Comet telemetry, tracking, and command software for its constellation launch control system, Harris announced Nov. 4.     OS/Comet is a commercial off-the-shelf […]

[Satellite Today 11-04-08] Thales Alenia Space España has been chosen to supply X-band communication subsystems and S-band telemetry, tracking, and command transponders for the first three Sentinel observation satellites in […]

[Satellite Today 11-04-08] United Space Alliance, a space operations provider, has been awarded a three-year, $206.5 million contract from NASA, United Space Alliance announced Nov. 4.     The provider said […]

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] DigitalGlobe and Navteq have formed a partnership aimed at providing better support to software developers using Navteq map data who want to include high-resolution satellite and aerial […]

NASA and South Korea have forged a deal to cooperate on civil space and aeronautics activities. The agreement doesn’t detail specific space programs they will conduct jointly, but rather is […]

Odyssey Moon Ventures LLC will partner with NASA to help develop a robotic lunar lander, the company announced. The partnership was established through a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement signed with […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has used figures that may suggest a new type of nuclear weapons detectors is more reliable than warranted, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated […]