Government/Military

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] A second South African satellite is scheduled to be launched in March, according to a Nov. 25 statement from the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry.     The...

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has finished the instrument critical design review for the Operational Land Imager instrument for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the company announced...

Updated — November 24, 2008 – 2 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date:Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle:...

The BAE Systems Nulka anti-missile asset was installed on its 100th Navy ship, BAE announced. Nulka is a rocket propelled active decoy designed to lure anti-ship missiles away from the...

Commercial space traveler Richard Garriott, son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, returned to Earth after a mission to the International Space Station, Space Adventures, Ltd. announced. The company books commercial...

Alan Stern Resigned From NASA This Year NASA space hardware programs frequently run over budget, and the space agency should keep a tighter rein on spending, a former NASA science...

The abort motor for the next-generation U.S. spaceship Orion successfully test-fired. Once Orion begins manned flights to space in the middle of the next decade, if a crisis occurs in...

Sikorski Also Urges Strong Support For NATO By Marina Malenic and Dave Ahearn A top Polish official yesterday urged President-elect Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, and his administration to...

Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III turned over responsibility for missile defense operations to Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, who became the eighth director of the...

Scientists using the European Space Agency spacecraft Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to...