Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-10] Satellite companies have deployed emergency services to assist Haiti following a devastating magnitude-7 earthquake that hit the island nation Jan 12.     Inmarsat-sponsored Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF),...

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-10] The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) won a contract to provide communications services to the Federal Taxation Authority (FTA) of the Russian Federation (RF), RSCC announced Jan....

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-10] C-Com Satellite Systems has delivered an initial number of iNetVu Mobile antenna systems to its Christchurch, New Zealand-based reseller, the company announced Jan. 12.     The antennas...

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-10] NASA has delayed the launch of its space imagery satellite, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), due to technical issues discovered in its rocket booster steering engine, the...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Integral Systems’ elected Bonnie Wachtel to its board, the company announced Jan. 8.     Wachtel currently serves as a principal of Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Wachtel &...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] The European Commission (EC) and European Space Agency (ESA) issued three of six Galileo program contracts in its satellite tendering process that began in September 2008.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp.’s Blue Force Tracking-HC (BFT-HC) ground mobile and aviation transceiver and network solution has passed U.S. Army-sponsored field-testing, Comtech announced Jan. 7.     Comtech...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] The European Space and Defense Agencies (ESA, EDA) issued two contracts to Astrium to enhance the performance of Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle and put together a...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a propulsion system to NASA‘s Ames Research Center for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft, SS/L announced...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) signed a contract with Boeing Satellite and Intelligence Systems to deliver four network and media services technology solutions for Canadian Defense Forces...