Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-12] Orbital Sciences’ PegasusR rocket has arrived at its launch site in the mid-Pacific Ocean to orbit NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) satellite, the company announced June...

[Satellite News 06-08-12] Efforts are being coordinated between the European Space Agency (ESA) and other space agencies to fill in the gaps left by the European Union’s (EU) recent loss...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-12] Boeing, Raytheon and Harris Corp. have partnered to complete development and sustainment work on a U.S. Air Force contract for GPS ground hardware and software for space...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has built a dedicated satellite for the Indian Navy that will be launched this summer by Arianespace on an Ariane-5 rocket...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-12] Harris Corp. has successfully completed the critical design review on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-series (GOES-R) ground segment and has been approved to begin implementation for...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-06-12] The Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite is exceeding performance expectations and is on schedule to achieve operational certification later this year,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-05-12] The launches of three European Space Agency (ESA) scientific satellites have been delayed due to technical issues at three separate launch sites, ESA officials confirmed June 4....

[Satellite TODAY 06-05-12] DigitalGlobe will significantly expand its delivery of high-resolution imagery to Roslesinforg, a division of the Federal Forestry Agency of Russia, through its Sovzond regional distributor, the companies...

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-12] Boeing has been awarded an 18-month, $4.5 million study contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to evaluate technologies for on-demand small satellite launch...

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-12] Satellite fleet operator Telesat will provide X-band satellite bandwidth to Canadian government agencies located in Canada and throughout the world under a new contract it has signed...