Government/Military

[12-21-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has received a $695 million contract to build NASA‘s next generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), Boeing announced Dec. 20.     The contract, […]

[12-21-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat has signed a deal with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO to further upgrade and enhance the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, Inmarsat announced […]

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. has been awarded a $96.7 million contract by NASA to provide the Geostationary Lightning Mapper for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite […]

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has accepted delivers of 22 OuterLink mobile asset management systems and five spare Cp-3i satellite communication terminal platforms, OuterLink announced […]

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has formed a new Intelligence and Security Systems division to provide ground-based and other integrated intelligence and security solutions for government customers, the company […]

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International (America) Inc, a subsidiary of Norsat International Inc., has won a $750,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Norsat announced Dec. 17. […]

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has successfully demonstrated Next Generation Processor/Router (NPGR) technologies in tests for the Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT SS), the company announced Dec. […]

[12-14-07 – Satellite News] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has taken their Opticks remote sensing data software and released it as an open source project, the company announced Dec. 10. […]

[12-14-07 – Satellite Today] Radarsat-2 was successfully launched aboard a Soyuz rocket, the Canadian Space Agency announced Dec. 14.     The satellite, a next-generation commercial radar satellite, will offer powerful […]

[12-14-07 – Satellite Today] The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft has been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 14.     The spacecraft, built […]

[12-13-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has been awarded a $265 million contract by NASA to produce the avionics for the Ares 1, Boeing announced Dec. 12.     The instrument […]

[12-12-07 – Satellite Today] Lockheed Martin has opened a space Exploration Development Laboratory adjacent to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 12.     The 10,000-square-foot facility, funded by […]

[12-12-07 – Satellite Today] Northrop Grumman Corp. received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop and demonstrate technologies for a future reusable launch vehicle, Northrop […]

[12-11-07 – Satellite Today]  The Boeing Company has been selected to participate in the development of the next-generation GPS ground system for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced Dec. […]

[12-11-07 – Satellite Today] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has launched a new open source software project that will enable detailed analysis of remote sensing data, the company announced Dec. […]

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today] The Boeing Company has launched the second of four COSMO satellites, the company announced Dec. 8.     The Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin […]

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today] ND SatCom has implemented the third batch of satellite terminals for a telemedicine project initiated by the Kazakh Ministry of Health, ND SatCom announced Dec. 10. […]

[12-06-07 – Satellite Today] Thales Alenia Space and Russia’s NPO-PM will develop a new multi-mission satellite platform based on Thales’ Spacebus 4000 technology, Thales announced Dec. 6.     The Express-4000 […]

[12-06-07 – Satellite News] The business of space is heating up, particularly in the area commercial private human spaceflight, Patricia Grace Smith, associate administrator in the Office of Commercial Space […]

[12-05-07 – Satellite Today] A prototype of the P80 rocket motor, which will power the first stage of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Vega launch vehicle, was tested Dec. 4 […]

[12-04-07 – Satellite Today] Iridium Satellite will provide voice and data services to government agencies in Idaho through the World Communications Center (WCC), Iridium announced Dec. 4.     WCC won […]

[12-04-07 – Satellite Today] Northrop Grumman began integration and testing on the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), the company announced Dec. 3.     Integration and testing began with […]

[12-3-07 – Satellite Today] Northrop Grumman was awarded a four-year, $2.9 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory develop reusable launch systems, Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 3. […]

[12-3-07 – Satellite Today] CVG Inc. has been awarded a $1.3 million contract by the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide shipboard commercial satellite communications terminals, CVG […]

[12-3-07 – Satellite Today] Transformational Space Corp. has entered the second round of NASA‘s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, Transformational Space announced Nov. 29.         The program is […]

The demand for satellite-based communications is not fading anytime soon, according to a pair of studies released in early November. The fixed satellite services industry recorded an 8 percent growth […]

The time is right for NASA to transform its TV channel — NASA TV —- into something more international, more engaging and more likely to attract a larger audience. In […]

[11-30-07 – Satellite Today] Spacehab Inc. has submitted a bid for NASA‘s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Phase 1 contract , the company announced Nov. 29. Spacehab is working with […]

[11-29-07 – Satellite News] Satellite executives are looking to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Alphasat program to see if public-private partnerships can be effective means of developing new services and […]

[11-29-07 – Satellite Today] The second of two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corp. for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed […]