Government/Military

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Last night at 8:15 p.m. EST, Orbital Sciences launched the Ball Aerospace-built STPSat 3 satellite onboard a Minotaur 1 rocket. The satellite was launched as one of 29 separable payloads on board, with the remaining 28 being all cubesats. STPSat 3 was built for the United States Department of Defense and is...

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Alphasat, designed and built by Astrium, has reached its operational in-orbit position and has successfully completed all in-orbit tests. Built for Inmarsat, Astrium developed the technology with investment support from the Technology Strategy Board and the United Kingdom Space Agency. The satellite carries a new generation of advanced geomobile communications payload in...

U.S. DoD’s needs for innovation investments to maximize all assets (Milsatcom & commercial) has never been greater. With the drawdown in Afghanistan complete and new hot spots emerging, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) military planners must wrestle with both shrinking defense budgets and fewer ground forces at their command. The need for innovation investments to...

[Via Satellite 11-18-13] Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (Finmeccanica/Thales), has increased its involvement in the ExoMars mission. The company has been awarded a further work order by the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Ground Data Systems Frame Contract (GFC8). Following the recent contract for the ExoMars Mission Control System (MCS), Telespazio VEGA...

[Via Satellite 11-15-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is set to send DubaiSat 2 into space on Nov. 21, 2013 from the Yasny launch base in Russia. Dubai’s second satellite will be deployed using the Russian Dnepr rocket launcher in cooperation with the Russian International Space Company (Kozmotras). The satellite was...

[Via Satellite 11-14-13] Inmarsat has signed Tampa Microwave as a terminal partner for land satellite terminals for its forthcoming Global Xpress high-speed broadband service. Already in use by U.S. Special Forces, the Tampa Microwave family of manpack terminals has been specifically designed for mobile operations requiring a rugged and lightweight terminal that can fit into...

[Via Satellite 11-12-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is organizing the eighth meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG), an organization supported by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), which commenced Sunday Nov. 10th, 2013 and runs until Nov. 14th, 2013 at The Address...

[Via Satellite 11-11-13] Gilat Satcom and Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST) have jointly been awarded a 36 month procurement contract by the Israeli Government covering all MSS services on both Inmarsat and Iridium networks. This contract covers IP and handheld services and leverages the value adds and solutions supplied by both Gilat Satcom and AST...

  [Via Satellite 11-08-13] Changes are afoot in the satellite industry, and analysts at Euroconsult have detailed them in a new report titled “Satellites to be Built & Launched by 2022, World Market Survey.” The consulting firm expects 1,150 satellites, worth a collective total of $263 billion, to be launched over the next 10 years....

[Via Satellite 11-08-13] Research and Markets has added a new report that analyzes the global Earth observation market. According to the “Global Satellite-based Earth Observation Market 2013 Report,” this market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.49 percent from 2012 to 2016. Commenting on the report, an analyst from Research and Markets’ telecom...