Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 5-9-08] Integral Systems Europe’s Epoch Integrated Product Suite (Epoch IPS) satellite ground system is in compliance with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) packet-utilization standard for satellite control...

[Satellite Today – 5-7-08] Spacenet Inc.’s advanced satellite services have been deployed as part of an emergency response network for the Missouri Hospital Association and the Missouri Department of Transportation,...

[Satellite Today – 5-7-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. has been selected by the NATO C3 Agency to provide hardware and software support services for the rollout of the Maritime Command and...

[Satellite Today – 5-7-08] The Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE-B) satellite has starting transmitting signals, the European Space Agency announced May 7.         GIOVE-B was lofted into orbit April...

[Satellite Today – 5-5-08] United Launch Alliance will launch NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission aboard a Delta 2 rocket, NASA announced May 5.     Part of NASA’s...

[Satellite Today – 5-2-08] The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) has received the payloads for the Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 satellites, the organization announced.     The Express-AM44 payload was delivered to...

[Satellite Today – 5-2-08] A sensor for monitoring global climate has been restored to the first satellite scheduled to fly in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), officials...

[Satellite Today – 5-2-08] The Jason-2 satellite has left the integration center in France and is being shipped to its California launch site, Thales Alenia Space announced April 30.    ...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] India is setting up a satellite-based information system using Inmarsat’s maritime network to enable vessel tracking for maritime security and permit faster search and rescue of...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] Radarsat-2 has been commissioned and is ready for commercial operations, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) announced May 1.     Launched in December, the satellite completed...