Government/Military

One of the United States government’s priorities in improving its satellite capabilities revolves around more effectively providing persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). According to Rob Zitz, who joined Maxar Technologies Holdings as senior vice president and chief strategy officer of SSL’s government systems division earlier this year, this focus on ISR has become a...

As South Australia awaits its long-anticipated national space agency, industry heads in the region are looking for organizations to help run its Space Incubator and Space Accelerator programs at the South Australian Space Industry Centre. The programs have been established to support startups and early stage businesses in the hopes of nurturing a thriving Australian...

In her role as senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, Laura Galante often looks at cybersecurity through the lens of politics and policy. During the CyberSat 2017 Summit on Nov. 7, Galante will moderate a panel titled “Fact Vs. Myth: What We Know So Far As It Relates to Cyberattacks in Aerospace and Satellite.” Via...

CNES, France’s national space agency, and the China National Space Administration (CNSA), have made public their plans to launch a joint satellite that will be used to collect wind and wave data over the ocean. The satellite, called CFOSat, will enable scientists to model atmosphere-ocean interface phenomena, analyze the role of waves and study the...

Government officials in Myanmar intend to launch a new satellite, MyanmarSat 2, in June 2019, The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Oct. 21. The country’s government will pay approximately $155.7 million over 10 installments for the satellite. MyanmarSat 2 will carry six C-band and six Ku-band transponders, and will be jointly owned with...

North Korea’s deputy United Nations (UN) ambassador stated that the country intends to launch many more satellites in the future, and also pointed a finger at the United States for attempting to “illegalize” the country’s space capabilities. But with geopolitical tensions rising, the U.S. and the United Nations have expressed concern that North Korea’s satellite...

Hughes Network Systems announced that it will offer its telecommunications products and services under the General Service Administration’s (GSA) Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract to Level 3 Communications. As a sub-contractor to Level 3, Hughes is offering the suite of HughesOn Managed Network Services for multi-site agencies and departments. According to the company, the portfolio...

The NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) has awarded UltiSat a contract to support Global Hawk communications for NASA’s Airborne Science Program. Under this contract, UltiSat will provide commercial Ku-band satellite capacity with coverage of the continental United States, Atlantic and Pacific areas of operation. NASA AFRC operates Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft...

Cubic Corporation subsidiary Gatr Technologies has won an order worth more than $5 million to provide satellite communication solutions for the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF). Cubic will supply 2.4-meter inflatable satellite antennas with supporting hardware, spares and new equipment training for the NZDF Network Enabled Army (NEA) program. In addition to a multi-year support...

After a number of launch delays due to weather and technical malfunctions, United Launch Alliance (ULA) orbited a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in the early hours of Oct. 15. Designated NROL 52, the mission is in support of national security, and as such NRO declined to release further details about the payload....