Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) has started to receive data from the CryoSat-2 satellite, the organization confirmed April 13.     The satellite, launched April 8 as part of Europe’s first mission dedicated to studying variations in Earth’s ice cover, entered polar orbit just minutes after launch last Thursday, marking the start of...

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] Lockheed Martin has completed all factory testing of the first satellite in the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program and is ready to deliver the spacecraft to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be prepared for a mid-2010 liftoff aboard an Atlas 5 launch vehicle, the...

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told audience members at the 2010 Space Symposium that U.S. President Barack Obama’s new direction for NASA should be seen as a transformative effort rather than a massive budget cut.     “Both NASA and the president are absolutely committed to a vibrant future for human spaceflight … We...

[Satellite News 04-13-10] Cisco Systems aims to increase its role in the military satellite sector by shifting the focus of its space strategy to provide the ability to route IP traffic on satellites.     Satellite News recently caught up with Greg Pelton, Cisco’s Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) general manager to discuss how the company...

[Satellite News 04-13-10] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told anxious audience members at the 2010 Space Symposium that U.S. President Barack Obama’s new direction for NASA, outlined in the 2010 fiscal year governmental budget, should be seen as a transformative effort rather than a massive budget cut.     In the budget, released Feb. 1, the White...

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the CrySat-2 ice research satellite on a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the agency announced April 8.     CryoSat-2 will be placed into a polar orbit to take over for the original CryoSat satellite, which was lost in 2005 in a launch...

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received an additional $7.1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for the maintenance of its Secret and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router SNAP VSAT systems deployed to warfighters stationed outside the United States, TCS announced April 9.     The award is an add-on to the $246 million, 39-month...

[Satellite TODAY 04-08-10] Harris Corp. has completed operational testing of its AN/WSC-6G(V)9 satellite communications terminal for the U.S. Navy, the company announced April 7.     The completion of testing and qualification is the last phase of Harris’ 10-year, $172 million contract with the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), which the company...

[Satellite TODAY 04-07-10] Raytheon Co. has been awarded a NASA contract to maintain and manage sensing data and imagery on the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)     The evolution and development program, an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity cost plus award fee contract, will have a $250 million ceiling for a five-year base period of...

[Satellite TODAY 04-07-10] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received $12.1 million in tri-band, Ka-band amplifier and satellite earth station modem equipment orders from an unnamed government prime contractor, the company announced April 6.     Comtech EF Data will supply its DMD2050 universal satellite modem and Comtech Xicom Technology will provide C-, X-, Ku- and tri-band amplifiers and...