Government/Military

Cybersecurity expert Josh Hartman has spoken at length about the benefits of disaggregation when it comes to military space systems. U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of U.S. Strategic...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has coalesced a group of organizations to mock up new rules governing commercial on-orbit satellite repair and refueling. Its Consortium for Execution of...

The U.S. Air Force’s third GPS 3 satellite (GPS 3 SV03) in production flow at Lockheed Martin’s satellite manufacturing facility is now fully integrated into a complete space vehicle. Now...

The U.S. Navy has posted a solicitation for information from manufacturers of maritime satellite communications technology. The potential procurement will be for at least eight rugged, weather-resistant radio systems, with...

SES is leading a European consortium of industry partners to sign an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to set up Pacis 1, a new satellite communication platform for...

Arianespace successfully launched the Mohammed 6-A Earth observation satellite for Morocco on November 7 aboard a Vega rocket. The satellite has a 70cm resolution, according to France24, which makes Morocco...

Next month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to do away with laws regulating the power of broadband providers in the United States. Could new Low Earth Orbit (LEO)...

Although NOAA added new weather reporting capabilities with the launch of Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS 1) over the weekend, scientists have expressed dismay at the aging infrastructure monitoring...

The U.S. Navy’s Communications Satellite Program Office, PMW 146, and Lockheed Martin handed over full operational control of the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to the Naval Satellite...

Intelsat General, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat, announced that it has successfully demonstrated beam switching capabilities of an in-flight Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operating on the company’s Intelsat 29e...