Government/Military

Much of the satellite communications (satcom) capability the United States military uses today is provided by commercial satellites. The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) reports that the U.S. Department […]

The United States military is seeking to curtail its spending, but its need for greater bandwidth is increasing, not unlike the commercial sector. SES Government Solutions provides commercial satellite services […]

[Via Satellite 05-02-2014] Neptec Design Group received a $1.35 million add-on contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to continue work on Canada’s contribution to Astro H, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has granted five contracts to the Canadian industry to perform studies on five potential microsatellite missions. The missions would address needs in […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Ball Aerospace celebrated the eighth anniversary of its on-orbit operations for the CloudSat spacecraft and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Earth science satellite. Ball […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Ultra Electronics AEP has signed an agreement with Thuraya Telecommunications to offer an end-to-end solution involving the communicate and encrypt range of solutions Ultra Electronics AEP offers […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] United Launch Alliance (ULA) released a statement addressing the SpaceX suit against the U.S. Air Force’s block buy of 36 cores from ULA for the Evolved Expendable […]

[Via Satellite 04-28-2014] SpaceX is filing suit in the United States court of federal claims against the U.S. Air Force’s block buy of 36 cores from United Launch Alliance (ULA) […]

[Via Satellite 04-28-2014] Airbus Defence and Space has been selected as the prime contractor for building Peru’s first Earth observation satellite system, with support from the French government. The satellite […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2014] Harris has been awarded an eight-year $133 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide shipboard terminals that give access to high-bandwidth voice and data communications. Harris […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2014] Comtech’s Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data, received a $3.1 million order from the U.S. Army’s Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (DCATS) for SLM 5650A Satellite Modems. […]

[Via Satellite 04-24-2014] The United States Department of Defense has awarded Savi Technology, a partner company of Orbcomm, with a five-year contract as the sole provider to the $204 million […]

[Via Satellite 04-23-2014] General Dynamics C4 Systems opened one of two United States Navy-approved laboratories that support radio terminal testing for the Multiple User Objective System (MUOS) space-ground network. Companies […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) has received the first radar images from Sentinel 1A. The images were captured the day after launch, and though not calibrated, serve […]

[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] SES and Milano Teleport signed a deal to provide connectivity to Mario Zuccelli, an Italian research station in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. SES will provide ground infrastructure […]

[Via Satellite 04-16-2014] SpaceX has signed a 20-year agreement with NASA for use of the agency’s historical Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, the launch site of numerous Apollo […]

[Via Satellite 04-16-2014] The DubaiSat 2 satellite has completed in-orbit commissioning and is now fully operational according to the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST). Starting last November, […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2014] NASA is pursuing new energy storage technologies to replace the battery technology it has used for the majority of its space exploration projects. The agency released a […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2014] The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has agreed to a five-year contract awarding Savi as the sole provider for the RFID 4 program. The contract establishes […]

Roughly a year and a half after collaborating with several other satellite companies on a white paper titled “Seven Ways to Make the DoD a Better Buyer of Commercial Satcom,” […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-2014] With an impending gap in meteorological satellite coverage looming over the United States, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is being pushed to make greater use […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-2014] Northrop Grumman shipped its fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite payload module to Lockheed Martin two months ahead of schedule. Later this year, complex phased array […]

[Via Satellite 04-11-2014] Mitsubishi Electric signed a contract to begin development on the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite 2 (GOSAT 2) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). GOSAT 2 will […]

[Via Satellite 04-11-2014] Boeing handed over a fifth Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite to the U.S. Air Force to improve upon the accuracy of the constellation. Boeing and the Air […]

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] Intelsat General and L-3 Communication Systems-West demonstrated the new Protected United States Air Force Tactical Waveform technology over Ku-band transponders. These tests measured the performance of anti-jam […]

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] The United States Air Force’s latest Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft, launched on April 3 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, is currently undergoing a series of […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] The United States Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin with a contract to complete production of the next two GPS satellites in its GPS 3 system. The […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] The third Lockheed Martin-produced Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite has started transmitting via its protected communications payload. Along with two other satellites undergoing the system test […]

[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that its Thales Alenia Space-built Sentinel 1A satellite is ready to be launched. This satellite is the first in the […]

[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] Euroconsult’s recent research report “Profiles of Government Space Programs,” has revealed a decline in global budgets for space programs, decreasing from $72.9 billion in 2012 to $72.1 […]