Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to launch 58 space missions in the next five years, ISRO announced Oct. 8.        The agency’s plan...

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-12] ITT Exelis has completed acceptance testing of the navigation payload element for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System 3 (GPS 3) Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST) and...

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-12] ScanEx and its partners have completed a satellite-based environmental monitoring project in the Russian sector of the Sea of Japan, using five satellites with optical and radar...

[Satellite News 10-05-12] Manufacturer and systems integrator Raytheon has won a three-year, $164 million Department of Defense contract to deliver ground terminals for Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite communications....

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-04-12] Satellite manufacturer Boeing is augmenting the GPS satellite network via additional capacity on Iridium’s commercial satellite communications system as part of a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)...

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-12] Arianespace has integrated two European Galileo navigation satellites on their payload dispenser aboard a medium-lift Soyuz rocket, which will be launched Oct. 12 from the European spaceport...

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-12] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has placed a U.S. Air Force navigation system satellite into orbit from its Cape Canaveral launch facility, ULA confirmed Oct. 4. The satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-12] The U.S. Air Force has issued more than 15 contracts under its “Protected Milsatcom Design for Affordability Risk Reduction Demonstration Study” initiative to protect military satellite communications,...

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-12] Video communications technologies provider Vislink International had rolled out a new lightweight satellite data terminal for military operations, the company announced Oct. 3.       Vislink...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-02-12] The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a $118 million direct loan to the government of Vietnam for the...