Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-12] Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus rocket has successfully launched the Nuclear Spectroscopic Array Telescope (NuSTAR) satellite it built for NASA from the U.S. Army’s Reagan Test Site in Kwajalein Atoll, the company confirmed June 14.    Orbital Sciences said its early results indicated that the NuSTAR satellite is operating as expected at its current...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-12] Raytheon received a $19 million contract to modify the U.S. Navy’s Multiband Terminal (NMT) to link it with the Air Force’s Enhanced Polar Satellite (EPS), the company announced June 13.    Raytheon said it has started software and systems engineering modifications to the existing NMT ship, submarine and shore terminals to enable...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-12] Boeing and the U.S. Navy have completed an in-flight demonstration of a satellite communications system on a Navy EA-18G Growler, the aerospace manufacturer announced June 13.    The system aims to allow F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircrews to engage in secure two-way voice and data communications with other satcom-enabled aircraft, ships, ground forces...

[Satellite TODAY 06-12-12] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary RT Logic has launched its 250 MHz T400CS Wideband Channel Simulator that replicates the real-time RF conditions that can be expected in wideband satcom, aircraft, missile, and UAV missions, RT Logic announced June 11.    The company said the T400CS’ use in testing and training applications...

[Satellite TODAY 06-12-12] ASC Signal has released new redundancy technology and product options designed to provide simplified, seamless switching of active radio frequency components on the company’s fixed and transportable Earth station antennas, the company announced June 11.    ASC said the new capabilities could support any antenna system, regardless of manufacturer, when used in...

[Satellite TODAY 06-11-12] The launch of the first Ukrainian telecommunications satellite, Lybid, will be pushed back from its original 2013 target date due to the year-and-a-half it took to reach an agreement on the satellite’s orbital position, ISS Reshetnev Chief Designer and Director General Nikolai Testoedov announced June 8.    “We’re working, but unfortunately, the...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-12] GeoEye has successfully passed a critical design review milestone for the development of the GeoEye-2 satellite under the EnhancedView program, which triggers the $111 million cost-share payment from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the company confirmed June 7.    This critical milestone demonstrated GeoEye’s capability to meet all of the U.S. government’s...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-12] Orbital Sciences’ PegasusR rocket has arrived at its launch site in the mid-Pacific Ocean to orbit NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) satellite, the company announced June 7.    Orbital said the launch is currently scheduled for June 13, subject to final pre-launch testing and acceptable weather conditions at the time of...

[Satellite News 06-08-12] Efforts are being coordinated between the European Space Agency (ESA) and other space agencies to fill in the gaps left by the European Union’s (EU) recent loss of the decade-old Envisat satellite last month, ESA officials confirmed June 8.    But some of those agencies also added that the Envisat loss has...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-12] Boeing, Raytheon and Harris Corp. have partnered to complete development and sustainment work on a U.S. Air Force contract for GPS ground hardware and software for space vehicles, the companies announced June 6.    The team will work on the GPS Operational Control Segment program for Air Force space vehicles and their...