Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-03-11] CapRock Communications CEO Peter Shaper is retiring from the company and stepping down from his interim position of the Harris Corp. division’s group president.             Shaper,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-11] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch its next communication satellite, GSAT-12, in the second week of July from the Sriharikota space center on a PSLV...

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-11] Sofradir was awarded a contract to provide shortwave-infrared (SWIR) arrays for the Sentinel 5 Precursor mission as part of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-02-11] U.S. government trade officials criticized the Russian Ministry of Transport for proposing laws mandating Glonass equipment installation in all new cars sold in Russia, calling them...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-11] Canadian information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) will provide Radarsat-2 spacecraft services to the Russian Government to enhance the government’s ability to provide information support...

The U.K. government is conducting a consultation on what its civil space strategy should be for the period 2011-2015. Given the strong position of U.K. companies in the space arena...

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-11] MTN Government Services (MTNGS) has secured its first competitive task order for subscription services under the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency’s Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) contract and...

The U.S. Space Shuttle program will come to a close this year, a little more than 30 years after its inaugural flight, with the last flight scheduled for late June....

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-11] ST Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and DSO National Laboratories (DSO) have set up a joint venture to design, develop and product Earth observation satellites, ST Engineering announced...

[Satellite TODAY 05-31-11] NASA has selected Fibertek to design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver laser systems to be used for the ice, cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission. NASA announced...