Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 08-13-10] The U.S. Air Force‘s first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite will be launched Aug. 14 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from...

[Satellite TODAY 08-13-10] NASA‘s first microsatellite, Fastsat, has arrived at Kodiak Island, Alaska, from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to begin final launch preparations with Orbital Sciences, the agency announced...

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-10] Remote asset tracking and information management solutions SkyBitz has opened a new business unit to provide remote asset management solutions based on technology developed for and financed...

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-10] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Israel Space Agency (ISA) Director General Zvi Kaplan signed a joint statement of intent to expand cooperation in civil space activities, NASA...

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-10] Newtec has won a multi-million dollar contract to provide its FlexACM technology, supporting IP-trunking satellite links, to an unnamed government prime contractor in the United States, the...

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-10] The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded satellite imagery providers DigitalGlobe and GeoEye with separate 10-year, $3.5 billion contracts under the NGA’s EnhancedView procurement program, the companies...

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-10] Arqiva has expanded its government services contracts with SES World Skies and USG Solutions, Arqiva announced Aug. 9.     SES World Skies and USG Solutions will take...

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Ukraine’s state-owned space company Yuzhmash has postponed the delivery of basic parts for Orbital Sciences’ Taurus-2 launch vehicle’s first stage, Yuzhmash announced Aug. 4. Due to technical...

[Satellite News 08-09-10] The government’s expanding need for mobile broadband satellite services drove Inmarsat to order three Ka-band satellites and form a distribution partnership with Boeing, Inmarsat CEO Andy Sukawaty...

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has shipped the U.S. Air Force’s STPSat-2 satellite to the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska for its scheduled launch on an Orbital...