Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)’s Earth observation satellite has passed its Test Readiness Review (TRR), the company said June 19. The DMC-2 satellite is scheduled for...

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] The United States is using capacity on the United Kingdom’s military Skynet 5 satellites and further deals could be struck later this year. Paradigm, an EADS...

[Satellite News – 6-17-08] Space situational awareness is one of the key issues that countries around the world have to work on throughout the next 10 years in terms of...

[Satellite Today – 6-10-08] The glass mirror blank for GeoEye’s next-generation Earth imaging has been delivered to camera manufacturer ITT Corp., GeoEye announced June 10.     GeoEye awarded a contract...

[Satellite Today – 06-06-08] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) signed a deal with NASA to improve mission critical software systems, the company said June 5.      Under a Space Act Agreement,...

[Satellite Today – 06-04-08] GeoEye Inc. won a contract with the U.S. government, valued at $22 million, the company said June 4.     Under this award, GeoEye will provide the...

When terrestrial communications equipment has either been destroyed or rendered unavailable, satellite-based emergency systems receive praise for picking up the slack. But memories fade after the debris is cleaned up,...

[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has won a contract worth 1.6 million euros ($2.49 million) from Astrium GmbH to develop and supply the multi-spectral imager for...