Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] Orbital Sciences Corp. and Aerojet have initiated the AJ26 rocket engine testing process for Orbital’s Taurus 2 medium-class launch vehicle, the companies announced Feb. 25.     Aerojet...

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] Harris Corp. received a $78 million order from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide additional Falcon 2 AN/VRC-104 high-frequency tactical mobile satellite radio systems for use...

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied SpaceX’s protest of NASA’s contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. to launch a scientific satellite for NASA in 2012, the...

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-10] The French Space Agency (CNES) has contracted Thales Alenia Space to build the Jason-3 weather satellite based on the Proteus platform, the manufacturer announced Feb. 24.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-10] Eric Béranger, CEO of Astrium Services hailed a deal the company did earlier this year with the European Defence Agency (EDA). In early January, Astrium Services was...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] Boeing’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K-L program completed a NASA system-level critical design review and production readiness review on Feb. 19, Boeing announced Feb. 23....

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-10] Worldwide government expenditures for space programs grew by 10 percent in 2009 over 2008, reaching an all-time high of $68 billion, according to a Euroconsult report, released...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] Northrop Grumman is expanding its Salt Lake City facilities to increase the factory output of its defense and commercial navigation systems, the company announced Feb. 22.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] Russian launch provider Kosmotras has postponed the launch of the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) CryoSat-2 satellite due to technical issues with the Dnepr rocket‚s second stage steering...

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) added two new special item numbers for commercial satellite communications services to Federal Supply Schedule 70 under the $5 billion, 10-year...