Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Global imagery provider DigitalGlobe has awarded Richmond-based communications and information company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) a contract from to produce and provide a ground station solution, MDA announced March 12.     DigitalGlobe will use the ground station to enable access to information from its WorldView satellites for an unnamed international customer....

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-13] An active Russian spacecraft has collided with a piece of space debris, believed to be from a destroyed Chinese satellite. The impact between Russia’s Ball Lens in the Space (BLITS) and China’s Fengyun 1C Satellite, occurred on Jan. 22, however the cause of the crash was not determined until now.    According...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-13] The Air Force Space and Missile Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate has signed a contract with Millennium Space Systems for a 12-month research program on Systems and Spacecraft for space-based weather sensing.    As part of the USAF Weather Satellite Follow-On Activities (WSFA) risk reduction technology project, the company will identify affordable,...

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center‘s Defense Weather Systems Directorate has chosen Harris Corporation to conduct a study and make recommendations to help modernize the U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.     As part of the study, Harris will analyze the existing Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) space and ground assets...

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Satellite companies with exposure to Defense Department and broader government budgets in the United States should expect to see incremental headwinds as across-the-board cuts as a result of government sequestration are implemented, according to a new report from analysis firm Needham.    The much discussed sequester, officially enacted March 1, will result...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning its next remote sensing satellite. The Cartosat-3 is expected to dethrone GeoEye-1 and take the highest resolution images of our planet.

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] Com Dev International has been awarded a contract from Public Works and Government Services Canada to design satellite equipment for the next generation Cospas-Sarsat global search and rescue system, the company announced March 4.    Throughout the first phase of the Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue Project, Com Dev will develop...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to orbit for its second mission under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. The launch was Falcon 9’s fifth successful in a row.    Nine minutes after take off, however, the Dragon capsule experienced minor issues with some of...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to orbit for its second mission under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. The launch was Falcon 9’s fifth successful in a row.    Nine minutes after take off, however, the Dragon capsule experienced minor issues with some of...

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-13] SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket passed an important test on Friday, when it successfully carried the company’s unmanned Dragon capsule into orbit. But an anomaly on the capsule’s maneuvering thrusters was detected nine minutes into the flight – only one of four sets of thrusters were working, SpaceX Founder, CEO and CTO Elon...