Government/Military

[Satellite News – 5-19-08] Spain is getting serious about space, with plans to launch a pair of its own satellites in the next few years to improve its capabilities. “After...

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) exercised an option for SpaceDev to continue work on the High Delta-V satellite program, the company announced May...

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] Lockheed Martin was awarded the contract to develop the GPS 3 constellation, the U.S. Air Force announced May 15.     The system, which will be acquired...

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] United Launch Alliance has been awarded a contract modification to launch the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Geo-2 satellite, the company announced May...

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] The Missouri Department of Transportation has deployed a number of iNetVu mobile antenna system developed by C-Com Satellite Systems Inc., the company announced May 13.    ...

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched its fifth European Satellite Navigation Competition, the agency announced May 15.     The competition, run by the  Technology Transfer...

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] SkyPort Global Communications signed a contract to provide the District of Columbia National Guard with emergency satellite communications, SkyPort announced May 13.      SkyPort engineers have...

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] GeoEye Inc. will launch its next-generation imaging satellite Aug. 22 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 vehicle, the company announced May 14.     GeoEye-1 developed...

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has been awarded a contract by Boeing Co. for an information system for the International Space Station (ISS), MDA announced...

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Lockheed Martin submitted a bid for the U.S. Air Force’s Space Situational Awareness program, Lockheed Martin announced May 13.     The program is intended to demonstrate...