Government/Military

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed an over $100 million contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to supply the communications payload solution for the Amos-6 satellite.

MapBox, a provider of open source solutions for designing and publishing maps via the cloud, has selected DigitalGlobe as their commercial earth imagery provider.

Hurricane Sandy dominated the news as we watched it unfold and saw the trail of destruction left in its wake. Thanks to satellite technology, we are better able to predict...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-26-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is potentially exploring the idea of importing or building a six-ton high-throughput Ka-band satellite that would feature 100 beams compared...

[Satellite TODAY 11-26-12] SES has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), including SES Broadband Services to offer participants in the ESA’s ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems)...

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) and Eumetsat have signed the agreement to determine the principles of cooperation between the two agencies when establishing the various components of...

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-12] The U.S. Navy and U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) have accepted the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for initial operational use. MUOS is a next-generation narrowband...

[Satellite News 11-20-12] So far in 2012, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized almost a billion-and-a-half dollars in satellite transactions. Yesterday, the Ex-Im Bank added...

[Satellite TODAY 11-20-12] Rockwell Collins will provide satellite services to the U.S. Army Communication-Electronics Command under a $35 million contract, the company announced Nov. 20.       Rockwell Collins...

 [Satellite TODAY 11-20-12] Within the next three years, China will launch a communications satellite for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chinese media officials announced Nov. 19. According to Xinhua news...