Government/Military

NASA and the Department of Energy (DOE) will join forces to launch an observatory that will plumb the mysteries of dark energy, which is found throughout the universe. The two...

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Integral Systems Europe signed a yearly renewable contract to support the Polar Mission Control System (MCS) over the next 15 years with the European Organisation for the...

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne is set to become the first European commander of the International Space Station (ISS), ESA announced. De Winne, from Belgium, will fly...

Even if President-elect Obama is unenthusiastic about deploying the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as a shield against Iranian missiles, Obama now must stand firm in favor of building the...

[Satellite News 11-24-08] Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) Hawthorne, Calif. facility is a remodeled Boeing hangar where engines for the 747 aircraft were once manufactured. The only elements left from...

President-elect Obama must continue the search for a Middle East peace accord, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, as he prepared to meet this evening with President Bush at...

Jammed Valve On Interceptor Kill Vehicle May Have Caused It To Miss Target Missile A jammed valve on a tiny maneuvering thruster in a Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor kill...

Endeavour Mission Doubles Space Station Crew Capacity, Improves Solar Array Mechanism, May Provide Water Supply Solution After 2010 Fourth And Final Spacewalk Performed Today Space Shuttle Endeavour will wrap up...

[Satellite Today 11-21-08] DataPath Inc. was awarded a contract to continue providing on-site personnel to operate and maintain U.S. Army satellite communications systems, the company announced Nov. 21.     The...

[Satellite Today 11-21-08] MCL Inc., a Miteq company, received a $1.4 million contract to design and develop an airborne Ka-band high power traveling wave tube amplifier for the U.S. Air...