Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] GMV has opened a subsidiary in Darmstadt, Germany, the Madrid-based space company announced April 20.      The new subsidiary aims to enhance GMV’s relationship with the European Space Agency’s Operations Center (ESOC) and Eumetsat as well as provide insight into other opportunities in the technology sector.      GMV relations with Germany date...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] ViaSat has received a $6.6 million add-on to its $21.5 million Multifunctional Information Distribution System–Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) delivery order contract with the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, the company announced April 19.     This terminal order was placed by the Republic of Turkey to support the modernization of naval...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Lockheed Martin is ahead of development schedule for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation GPS system, GPS 3, having completed 26 of 65 critical design review (CDR) tests, the company announced April 29.     Lockheed expects to have completed more than 50 percent of the planned CDRs by the end of April and...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Brazil, India and the Republic of South Africa signed an agreement to develop and launch a new civil satellite program into space, government officials from the countries confirmed April 16 at the ISBA Summit, held in Brazil.     South Africa will provide the platform for a pair of satellites, with most of...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe has contracted Raytheon to provide an enhanced constellation collection management system, DigitalGlobe announced April 16.     The Raytheon system aims to provide DigitalGlobe’s constellation with upgraded collection capacity, dependable refresh, intra-day revisit and reliability features. DigitalGlobe said the October launch of its WorldView-2 high-resolution satellite resulted in a...

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] The launch of Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) GSLV-D3 rocket carrying the GSAT-4 communications satellite has failed due to a third-stage engine malfunction that resulted in total loss of control of the spacecraft, the ISRO announced April 15.     The engine failure happened just minutes after blastoff, which caused the rocket to...

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] RapidEye has entered into a contractual partnership agreement with Swedish distributor Metria to distribute RapidEye satellite imagery in the Scandinavian, Baltic and Icelandic data markets, the imagery company announced April 15.     The contract represents RapidEye’s entrance into the European imagery market.     RapidEye said it is in the process of completing...

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] U.S. space exploration will reach beyond the moon and further into the solar system’s reaches by 2025, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.     Despite criticism from the space industry over his cuts to NASA’s Orion program, announced in February, Obama said that...

[Satellite News 04-16-10] In January, medium-sized German space systems provider OHB Systems received its largest single order to date — a 566 million euro ($767.8 million) contract from the European Commission (EC) to build the first Galileo satellites, the European Union’s (EU) declaration of independence from the U.S. GPS and Russian Glonass navigation systems.    ...

[Satellite News 04-16-10] The 26th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs brought technology enthusiasts and business leaders together to address the future of the commercial and civil value of the global space industry.     In its program statement released April 12, The Space Foundation touted global space business growth during a tough economic climate. In...