Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-13] NASA’s Office of Space Communications and Navigation Program will launch its latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Project spacecraft at the end of the month, sending the first of three next-generation satellites into orbit, the agency announced Jan. 11.    NASA’s newest TDRS-K space satellite arrived at the Kennedy Space Center...

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-13] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received an additional $3.4 million in incremental funding from the United States Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance of Secure Internet Protocol Router and Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite systems equipment, the company announced Jan. 11.    The...

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-13] DigitalGlobe subsidiary and imagery provider GeoEye has won a six-figure contract from the RITES Indian government enterprise agency to provide satellite imagery for a freight railway corridor development project, the company confirmed Jan. 10.    The imagery will be provided via the operator’s GeoEye-1 satellite. RITES secured the satellite service purchase through...

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-13] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a $706 million contract to information solutions and aerospace firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to build, launch and provide initial operations for the Canadian government’s Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM), MDA confirmed Jan. 10.    The contract extends over a seven-year period, bringing MDA’s current...

Lockheed Martin announced that the core structure for NOAA's first next-generation geostationary weather satellite has been delivered at NASA's Stennis Space Center for propulsion system integration.

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] The projected costs of the Canadian government’s three-satellite Radarsat constellation program have grown from $600 million to more than $1 billion, according to several reports published Jan. 9. Additionally, Canadian officials confirmed that Federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis would announce Wednesday that the government plans on moving forward with the project despite...

Using data from NASA’s Kepler satellite, astronomers have identified possible evidence for 461 new planets outside our solar system.

Turkey’s first high-resolution optical observation satellite, Gokturk-2, has transmitted its first images.

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] Blue Sky Network, a leading global provider of satellite tracking and communication solutions for aviation, land, and marine, and its reseller partner, S4A have received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Blue Sky Network’s voice system on C-212-200 Airbus Military aircraft.    The certification was supplied by the European Aviation Safety Agency...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-12] Aerospace manufacturer ATK will conduct a study of network-centric small satellites as an element of the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Defense Weather Systems Directorate under a new Department of Defense contract, the company announced Jan. 7.    ATK’s study will aim to provide insight into the...