Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 02-02-10] Space Micro appointed Bert Vermeire CTO, the company announced Feb. 1.     Vermeire was principal investigator on a variety of space industry research topics, including radiation effects...

[Satellite News 02-02-10] U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to cut NASA’s manned Constellation lunar mission program and invest $6 billion in commercial launch companies to replace the retiring Space Shuttle...

[Satellite TODAY 02-02-10] The White House has terminated NASA’s work on Orion, the follow-up vehicle to the Space Shuttle; ended development on two NASA rockets designed to fly manned missions...

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-10] Arianespace signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) defining the legal responsibilities and operational services Arianespace will provide during the combined testing and integration of...

A committee of the United Nations dedicated to the peaceful use of outer space has proposed the creation of a U.N. space policy. Would this be a good thing? Is...

[Satellite News 01-28-10] In his first State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama outlined goals to double U.S. exports over the next five years which...

[Satellite TODAY 01-28-10] Intelsat General was awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide C-, Ku-, and X-band satellite resources, land earth stations, terrestrial backhaul, and bandwidth management services...

[Satellite TODAY 01-28-10] Integral Systems subsidiary RT Logic has been awarded a contract by Honeywell Technologies Solutions to supply narrowband and wideband modems for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 01-27-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Arianespace to launch the first 10 Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites in Europe’s planned Galileo satellite positioning system, Arianespace announced...

[Satellite TODAY 01-27-10] Proactive Communications is deploying a new automated remote management (ARM) system that uses satellite data links provided by Iridium Communications for out-of-band backup access to remote communication...