Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] The Russian Space Agency halted all Rokot missions so that it can complete an investigation of the Feb. 1 launch failure that destroyed Russia’s Geo IK-2 military satellite, Russian officials announced Feb. 22.     Russian scientists are examining Rokot’s Briz-KM upper stage as the cause of the failure to place Geo IK-2...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] Inmarsat subsidiary Segovia won a four-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide professional and technical services support to NATO security forces in Afghanistan, Segovia announced Feb. 22.     The task orders will see Segovia provide NATO with full-time consultants specializing in LAN/WAN management, functional services, training, systems administration, repair/exchange, configuration management...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] Thales-Raytheon Systems has developed a mobile application for its Command View C4I product, which aims to enable users to gain situational awareness and decisionmaking information on a variety of commercially available handheld devices, the company announced Feb. 22.     Command View supports joint, combined and component operations at the strategic, operational and...

[Satellite News 02-22-11] Based on recent growth in its hosted payload business, Boeing has established a unit within its Space and Intelligence Systems division to market commercial services to the private and public sectors, the company announced Feb. 22.     Boeing Commercial Satellite Services will design and market a variety of hosted payload and other...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] RapidEye completed and delivered its second imagery scan of China for the country’s Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), the geospatial solutions provider announced Feb. 17.     The imagery campaign ran from August through January, covering about 5.8 million square kilometers, or 60 percent of China. The MLR is responsible for planning,...

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) was selected by Cisco Systems to operate its Cisco Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) solution on the Intelsat IS-14 satellite, TCS announced Feb. 18.     IRIS uses Cisco’s 18400 Space Router, which will allow organizations to reach multiple continents from a single connection to TCS’ network infrastructure. TCS also...

[Satellite TODAY 02-18-11] Arianespace launched the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV2) for the International Space Station (ISS) on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced Feb. 16.     The Astrium-built Johannes Kepler ATV will deliver experiments, equipment, spare parts and propellant as well as food and oxygen for the astronauts onboard the...

[Satellite News 02-18-11] European Commission (EC) Vice President and Commissioner Antonio Tajani wants to make sure businesses in the European Union (EU) emerge strong from the recent stretch of difficult economic times.     Tajani played a key role in shaping the EU’s 2020 strategy, which relies on the Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service...

The satellite sector is poised to see a period of rapid innovation and growth, spurred by the new U.S. National Space Policy, a broadband-hungry military and planned launches of more powerful and nimble satellites in the coming decade. Ever-smaller satellites, software-defined radios, next-generation electronics and higher performing propulsion systems underscore a few of the new...

[Satellite TODAY 02-16-11] The U.S. Air Force is in negotiations with Lockheed Martin to minimize the financial impact of a main engine failure that prevented the AEHF 1 satellite from reaching its intended orbit in August, according to a Feb. 15 report by Reuters.     The report said that U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John...