Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Italian space company e-GEOS to process satellite data from the Matera Space Center and to support the operational activities of the Sentinel constellation’s first two satellites, e-GEOS announced July 18.    The seven-year, 10 million euro ($12.2 million) contract includes the provision...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] Russia has invited India to be a joint participant in the development of its Glonass satellite navigation system, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin confirmed in a July 18 statement. An agreement between Russia and India would mirror the agreement signed by the United States and the European Union in 2004, which...

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] Lockheed Martin has awarded the satellite communication component of the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) C-130J Super Hercules Block 8.1 upgrade to Cobham and Thrane & Thrane, the companies confirmed July 17.    The program, which involves the upgrade of over 200 aircraft, represents a value of more than $24.7 million, with a...

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ STPSat-3 spacecraft will host five payloads and a de-orbit module when it launches in 2013 for the U.S. Air Force (USAF), the company announced July 17.    The payloads for STPSat-3 will include: the Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer Reflight (iMESA-R); the Joint Component Research (J-CORE); the Strip Sensor...

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) been awarded $11.3 million in additional funding to provide the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) with field support services for its communications infrastructure, the company announced July 17.     The TCS field service personnel will aim to provide technical assistance for deployed communications from core technical control facilities and...

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] Astrium has successfully completed testing its AirPatrol next-generation airborne satcom terminal and has commenced flight trials with the Canadian Department of National Defense as part of its Radar and Imaging for the Land/Littoral Environment (RIFL2E) coastal surveillance project, the satellite manufacturer announced July 16.    Astrium Services developed the service for military...

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is ready to ship its GSAT-10 communication satellite to the spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana to prepare for its launch by Arianespace in September, ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan confirmed in a public statement.     The three-axis body stabilized GSAT-10 geostationary satellite is based on...

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] Satellite communications and connectivity firm Hawaii Pacific Teleport (HPT) has hired U.S. Army Maj. Darryl Stewart (ret.) as its managing partner and vice president of government operations, the company announced July 16.    Stewart has 26 years of experience working with telecommunications and commercial satellite networks at the U.S. Department of Defense,...

[Satellite News 07-17-12] The Kennedy Space Center-based NASA Launch Services Program issued four contracts to two commercial launch entities July 17 as the agency prepares to ramp up its space program and catch up to its international contemporaries through the next four years. SpaceX will launch its first U.S. government science satellite on a Falcon...

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-12] GMV has been selected to lead a satellite navigation project in collaboration with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the company announced July 13.    The SBAS Awareness and Training for South Africa (SATSA) project aims to increase the technological navigation capacity in the South African region and to improve location...