Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] CapRock Government Solutions has been awarded four contracts to provide managed network services and more than 400 megahertz of commercial satellite capacity to four separate U.S. government agencies, the company announced June 22.      The contracts, valued collectively at more than $47 million, run through 2013 and include bandwidth, teleport and backhaul...

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] Integral Systems Europe completed the first installation of its GeoMon regulatory solution, a satellite spectrum monitoring and geolocation system, for the Ukrainian State Centre of Radio-Frequencies (UCRF) and obtained official site acceptance, parent company Integral Systems announced June 22.      The contract called for the integration and installation of Integral Systems’ Monics...

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] Thales Alenia Space signed a deal with Ball Aerospace to design an altimeter for the U.S. Navy’s new-generation Geosat Follow-On 2 (GFO-2) satellite, the manufacturer announced June 21.     The contract covers the preliminary phase for U.S. Navy’s GFO-2 program. As a partner in this program, Thales Alenia Space will develop the...

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] Via Satellite will present a webinar June 24 at 11 a.m. EDT, “The U.S. Air Force: The $41 Billion Question,” featuring U.S. Air Force Col. Roger Teague, commander of the Space Based Infrared Systems Wing and Space and Missile Systems Center     Teague is responsible for a $41 billion space systems portfolio...

[Satellite News 06-21-10] The Singapore Space and Technology Association (SSTA) will play a key role in advancing satellite technology in one of Asia’s most media savvy markets. One of the key challenges for the SSTA is to bring new young talent to the space industry. Satellite News spoke to Jonathan Hung, president of the SSTA,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-17-10] NASA has awarded its Space Network ground segment sustainment project contract to General Dynamics C4 Systems, the agency announced June 16.     The cost-plus-award fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a total potential value of approximately $642.2 million, including options. The period of performance is from June 21, 2010 through June 20,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] The National Space Organization (NSPO), based in Taiwan, has contracted SpaceX to launch Formosat-5, NSPO’s Earth observation satellite, as early as December 2013, SpaceX announced June 14.     Formosat-5 will lift off from SpaceX’s launch site on Omelek Island at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll in the Central Pacific. The satellite aims...

[Satellite TODAY 06-15-10] ITT Corp. has completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) for a mission data unit (MDU) the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System 3 (GPS 3) program, the company announced June 14.      The MDU CDR was conducted at ITT’s facilities in Bloomfield, N.J. in May. The CDR...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-10] The Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s (KARI) Korea Space Launch Vehicle 1 (KSLV-1) exploded 137.19 seconds after liftoff on June 10, about a minute and a half before the rocket’s first-stage was supposed to separate from the second stage, KARI announced June 10.     The Naro-1 was designed in South Korea with cooperative...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received satellite bandwidth, equipment and engineering support orders totaling $6.1 million under its $384 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM), the company announced June 10.     The new orders support the U.S. Army’s Force 21 Battle Command Brigade and Below-Blue Force...