Government/Military

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] 4C Controls selected Thales Alenia Space Italia (TASI) as prime contractor for the delivery of two high-resolution imagery satellites, 4C announced July 17.     The contract will […]

[Satellite Today – 7-16-08] Encore Networks has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office related to the company’s method for securely connection satellite networks with terrestrial […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] Telecomunicaciones Bantel has installed a network of iDirect remote satellite routers to expand cellular access within Venezuela, VT iDirect Inc. announced July 15.     Bantel installed the […]

[Satellite Today 07-14-08] Echo Satellite Communications Inc. has supplied U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) with the first order for HeliSat3 Iridium repeater systems, the company announced HeliSat3 was developed […]

[Satellite Today 07-14-08]  Arabsat has announced a new long-term contract with a top Middle East and African ISP for capacity on the BADR-6 satellite, Arabsat said July 14.     Talia […]

[Satellite Today 07-10-08] GeoEye Inc.’s GeoEye-1 satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in advanced of its scheduled Aug. 22 launch, GeoEye announced.     GeoEye-1 will provide black-and-white imagery […]

[Satellite Today 07-11-08] Columbus Geographic Systems (GIS) Ltd. reached an agreement with DigitalGlobe for access to the satellite operator’s digital image bank for use in navigation systems, Columbus announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-11-08] General Dynamics C4 Systems was awarded a contract option to continue development, qualification and certification of an encryption module that will be used to secure telemetry, tracking […]

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] Magellan Aerospace delivered the Cassiope small satellite platform to Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), Magellan announced.     The first of the MAC-200 small satellite buses […]

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] A new satellite solution will spearhead a new push into Europe for Newpoint Technologies, a market in which the company has “significantly underperformed” in throughout the […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-08] Thales Alenia Space is ready to deliver the high-resolution optical imaging instrument for integration in the first Pleiades earth observation satellite, the company said July 9.     […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] ViaSat Inc. signed a 10-year agreement with KVH Industries Inc. establishing a global Ku-band mobile broadband network using ArcLight technology.     Under the agreement, KVH initially will […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] Americom Government Services (AGS) received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to host an experimental sensor on board a commercial spacecraft, the company announced July 8. […]

[Satellite Today 07-07-08]  Spacenet Inc. announced that its satellite services have been deployed in Missouri as part of an emergency response network for two state agencies, the company announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-07-08]  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) signed a distribution agreement for data collected by an Indo-French weather […]

[Satellite Today 07-04-08] Russian satellite operator Gascom released a tender July 3 for a pair of new satellites scheduled to be launched in 2011.     The two Yamal-400 satellites, the […]

[Satellite Today 07-04-08] Eumetsat (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) will provide data and products for the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative, Eumetsat […]

[Satellite Today 07-04-08] NASA awarded $3.3 million to a South Dakota State University project intended to make satellite data easier to use and access via the Internet, the two organizations […]

[Satellite Today  07-03-07] The Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE-B) satellite has completed in-orbit testing, prime contractor Astrium announced July 3.     The European Space Agency confirmed the conclusion of the […]

[Satellite Today  07-03-07] Italian satellite operator Telespazio unveiled the details of a demonstration of a satellite-based system designed to manage humanitarian rescue operations in the case of natural disasters.     […]

[Satellite Today  07-03-07] China has made progress on the development of its Long March 5 rocket, citing development of the rocket engine and the building of a production plant, according […]

America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small […]

[Satellite Today – 7-01-08] The Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) payload has passed its critical design review, and interfaces have been verified for initial assembly and integration with the spacecraft […]

[Satellite Today – 7-01-08]  Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. will supply satellite network bandwidth, network operations management, program management and technical support services to the U.S. Army, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced […]

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] CETel and strategic partner Arabsat are offering DVB-S2 services on Arabsat-2B in C-Band, the companies announced June 30.     The service is designed to serve CETel’s […]

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is undergoing thermal vacuum tests designed to gauge performance in space, satellite manufacturer Lockheed Martin announced […]

[Satellite News – 6-27-08] With France set to assume the presidency of the European Union (EU) in July, there could be major changes in European space policy in the immediate […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle June 26, the company […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract for the fabrication and ground test of a solar thermal propulsion […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Canada plans to build a space telescope designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites, Defence Research Development Canada (DRDC) and the Canadian Space […]