Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 2-27-08] Raytheon Co. has completed the first phase of a major communications upgrade for Antarctica, a significant milestone for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS),...

[Satellite Today – 2-27-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a Phase 1 concept for System F6, Orbital announced Feb....

[Satellite Today – 2-22-08] Northrop Grumman and NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of advanced civil radar system architectures that can be leveraged...

[Satellite Today – 2-21-08] Raytheon Co. has put together a team to bid on the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) series ground segment, Raytheon announced Feb. 21.    ...

[Satellite Today – 2-20-08] The Skynet 5B U.K. military space satellite has begun operations a month early, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced Feb. 19.     Skynet 5B provides increased...

[Satellite Today – 2-20-08] Globalstar Inc. signed an agreement to provide customers of Atmospheric Systems Corp. (ASC) with data, Globalstar announced Feb. 20.     Under  the agreement, ASC will integrate...

[Satellite Today – 2-19-08] Boeing Co. signed an associate contractor’s agreement with five companies to work on the Ares 1 upper stage, Boeing announced Feb. 15.     The agreement was...

[Satellite Today – 2-19-08] NASA and Orbital Sciences Corp. signed a Space Act Agreement for the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) project, Orbital announced Feb. 19.     Under the $170...

[Satellite Today – 2-19-08] The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumesat) signed a contract with T-Systems Business Services to secure the availability of EumetCast services for Europe...

[Satellite Today – 2-18-08] Ariane 5’s largest payload ever, the Automated Transfer Vehicle, has been integrated on the launch vehicle, Arianespace announced Feb. 18.     The spacecraft, which has a...