Government/Military

For the first time, mobile users, including military troops and border patrol agents, will soon be able to use secure voice and data on the move

Thales Alenia Space has delivered its second pressurized cargo module (PCM) to Orbital Sciences Corp. for integration in the Cygnus spacecraft that will transport cargo to the International Space Station.

The SPOT 6, a high-resolution Earth observation satellite designed, built and operated by Astrium has been qualified by the Joint Research Center (JRC) to take part in the MARS-CAP program run by the European Commission.

Students at Teikyo University in Japan are building a slime-mold–housing micro-satellite to orbit the Earth.

Flying 400 km above the planet and circling it every 90 minutes, the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) provides a unique vantage point of the earth using satellites to assist emergency responders.

After a meeting between European space ministers gave the approval to Europe’s next-generation Ariane 6 launch vehicle, the ESA plans to consult with the satellite industry to gather competing ideas on key work packages for the new launch system.

MapBox, a company that allows anyone to design and publish custom maps, plans to launch MapBox Satellite Live.

NASA’s gravity field satellite mission GRACE has provided nine years worth of data about changes in Earth’s gravity field

Scientists have observed a rare solar tsunami on the sun’s surface, with the help of the Japanese satellite Hinode.

Recently, the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) filed comments with the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce that ...