Government/Military

[Satellite Today -8-05-08]  Americom Government Services (AGS) signed an agreement to acquire AOS Inc., AGS announced Aug. 5.     AOS, founded in 1998, provides secure, customized, turnkey network mobility and...

[Satellite News 08-04-08] The launch of the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite is likely to be delayed a few days Khrunichev State Research and Production Centre along with Inmarsat, said August 4....

[Satellite News 08-04-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s (SpaceX) fortunes have taken another turn for the worse, with yet another launch failure. Approximately two minutes after its August 2 launch, SpaceX’s...

[Satellite News 08-04-08] Astrium announced that it expects the THailand Earth Observation Satellite (THEOS) will be launched August 6 on board a Dnepr rocket from the Yasny launch site in...

[Satellite News 08-04-08]  Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) has selected Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space to participate in the final phase of its procurement process for the company’s next-generation satellite...

Europe funds a substantial number of space-related research projects, with the vast bulk of money in recent years directed to the Galileo navigation satellite system and to the Global Monitoring...

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] Northrop Grumman, at the command of the U.S. Air Force, has decommissioned the Defense Support Program (DSP) Flight 19 satellite after nine years of service.     Launched...

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] A team led by Boeing Advanced Systems has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for the first phase of the Fast Access Spacecraft...

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it delivered the Galaxy 19 satellite for Intelsat to Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif. On July 30. Galaxy 19,...

[Satellite News 07-30-08] The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has urged the U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to continue encouraging and facilitating the incorporation of satellite-based communications capability into public safety...