Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-12] The second annual Hosted Payload Summit will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., focusing on the opportunities and challenges surrounding hosted payloads through keynote addresses, in-depth sessions and networking, Access Intelligence announced Sept. 25.    The event, produced by the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] Northrop Grumman has won a new contract worth $20 million with the U.S. Air Force, the company announced Sept. 24. The U.S. Air Force awarded the company a contract modification to add beyond-line-of-sight command and control (BLOS C2) capabilities to the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) information gateway system, giving warfighters access...

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-12] NASA and U.S. commercial launch service provider SpaceX have announced Sunday, Oct. 7 as the target launch date for the first cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with SpaceX.    ISS program managers confirmed the status and readiness of the Falcon 9...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-12] The Women in Aerospace organization announced nine winners Sept. 20 for its 2012 award for contributions to the aerospace industry and to the advancement of women in the field.    SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell won the outstanding achievement award for her work with industry scholarships. NASA Johnson Space Center Public Affairs Specialist...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-12] Astrium has been selected by the DLR Space Administration as the prime contractor for the definition phase of the German orbital servicing mission (DEOS) project in a deal worth approximately 13 million euros ($16.8 million), Astrium confirmed Sept. 20.    DLR Space Administration is carrying out the DEOS project with funding from...

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-12] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary SAT Corp. has been awarded a contract by U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) to provide worldwide Radio Frequency (RF) interference geo-location services, Kratos announced Sept. 19.    SAT Corp. will provide U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) with its quality-of-service RF monitoring and interference detection and geo-location services for...

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-12] NASA has issued a $100,000 grant to technology firm Tethers Unlimited to develop a design for the deployment of nano-satellites using a tether, the agency announced Sept. 19.    The NASA-supported concept is called NanoThor, which would place a nano-satellite in a geo-transfer orbit as a secondary payload with a larger satellite....

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-12] The National Space Society (NSS) has urged U.S. Congress to support the national space program and the domestic launch sector during a recent visit to Capitol Hill, NSS confirmed Sept. 19.    NSS advocated for several components of the U.S. space program, including: development of the next generation of launch vehicles; full...

[Satellite TODAY 09-18-12] Canadian satellite technology and essential information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a multi-million dollar sole source delivery order under its Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), MDA announced Sept. 18.    The delivery order is for the provision of Radarsat-2 information to be...

[Satellite TODAY 09-18-12] Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate have successfully launched the Metop-B European weather satellite into orbit from on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Spaceport, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) announced Sept. 17.    The Soyuz launcher deployed Metop-B and a Fregat upper stage shortly after takeoff. Starsem...