Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-12] The U.S. Air Force will pay United Launch Alliance (ULA) $398 million to launch two satellites by late 2014, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed May 14....

[Satellite TODAY 05-15-12] The National Space Society (NSS) has called on U.S. Congress to ease export control regulations on spacecraft and related items, as urged by the U.S. Departments of...

[Satellite TODAY 05-14-12] The Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) is planning to decommission its NigeriaSat-1 spacecraft soon, NASRDA Director General Mohammed Seidu confirmed in a May 11...

[Satellite News 05-14-12] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has initiated an effort to accelerate the development of satellite-based air traffic control systems in the United States by issuing a $2.77...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-12] China has successfully launched its Yaogan 14 remote-sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi, Chinese officials announced May 10.  ...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed May 9 it has called off the recovery efforts for its Earth-observing satellite Envisat and declared the satellite dead after a...

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-12] ATK Aerospace Launch Division Vice President and General Manager Charlie Precourt has been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, ATK confirmed May 7.    Precourt...

Over the next 10 years, the U.S. Department of Defense could spend as much as $1 billion to piggyback its communications onto hosted payloads featured on commercial satellites. The U.S....

Commercial operators will see an estimated $106.2 million in hosted payload equipment revenues in 2012, including engineering services and commercial satellite operator hosting services, according to a recent research report...

Avanti Communications announced a key hosted payload deal earlier this year when it signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). The operator is also moving forward with plans...