Government/Military

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today]  Radyne Corp. business unit Xicom Technology has received two orders for millimeter-wave power amplifiers for use in military terminals, Radyne announced Oct. 30.     The contract,...

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today]  Iridium Satellite will provide global monitoring and transmission capabilities to Harris Corp.’s Falcon Watch Remote Imager, Iridium announced Oct 29.     The Falcon Watch RF-5408-RI is...

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite is ready for environmental testing, Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 30.     The spacecraft has completed the baseline integrated system...

[10-29-07 – Satellite Today]  The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has renewed a contract with DMC International Imaging Ltd. for a third year of acquiring high-resolution satellite images...

[10-29-07 – Satellite Today] EMS Technologies Inc. and Windmill International have turned their portable Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Receive Suite over to the military for evaluation, EMS announced Oct. 29....

[10-29-07 – Satellite Today]  Raytheon Co. will team with L3 Communications, Northrop Grumman Corp. and Agile Communications, Inc. to develop the next generation of U.S. Army satellite communications, Raytheon announced...

[10-26-07 – Satellite Today] Three Russian Glonass satellites were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, aboard a Proton launch vehicle, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center announced Oct....

[10-26-07 – Satellite Today]  Canada is ready to launch Radarsat-2 in December, the Canadian Space Agency announced Oct. 25. The satellite, scheduled to be launched Dec. 8 from the Baikonur...

[10-25-07 – Satellite Today]  Radyne Corp. has received $1.6 million in orders for modems in support of the Ground Multi-band Terminal (GMT) project, as well as another military communications program,...

[10-24-07 – Satellite Today] The Ariane 5 ECA launcher has been delivered to Arianespace at their Spaceport in French Guiana, the company announced Oct. 23. The spacecraft has to undergo...