Government/Military

Raytheon Co. [RTN] said it shipped a sensor that will study aerosols and their effects on Earth climate, the company announced. The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor will be integrated with NASA’s Glory spacecraft and readied for launch. This Glory mission will be the first dedicated to understanding the effects of aerosols and solar variability on climate....

Research on the International Space Station (ISS) has discovered ways to lessen virulence of a common food poisoning disease organism, NASA announced. The organism that can cause food poisoning in humans, the salmonella bacteria, causes an estimated 40,000 cases of food poisoning annually in the United States alone. Salmonella and other organisms can grow rapidly...

The Boeing Co. [BA] and the Army will cooperate on processing sensor data for missile defense and space situational awareness, the company announced. They launched a joint research-and-development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types of sensor data in a secure environment for integrated air and missile defense and space situational awareness concept exploration. The...

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Swe-Dish Satellite Systems unveiled its FA120KS Fly-Away satellite communications terminal with multi-band capability, the company announced March 10.     The FA120KS is being marketed for voice, video and data use by non-technical military personnel, commercial news broadcasters, and first responders. The terminal is designed to meet demanding mission-critical requirements, and it features...

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Twenty First Century Systems (21CSI) has entered into an agreement with Infoterra to become the U.S. distributor of its satellite based synthetic aperture radar TerraSAR-X services, 21CSI announced March 3.     Under the agreement, 21CSI will market, distribute, service and support data and data processing capabilities from Infoterra in the United States...

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Raytheon, along with Northrop Grumman and the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office have deployed and demonstrated the ground segment’s interface data processing segment to the U.S. Air Force Weather Agency, Raytheon announced March 10.     Using simulated data from the primary NPOESS sensor, data was streamed from...

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] TriaGnoSys is set to reveal a next-generation Newsky Network air traffic control service that integrates satellite technology to provide graphical weather maps, Voice Over IP and passenger Internet connectivity, the company announced March 9.     TriaGnoSys’ role in Newsky is the design, implementation and integration of a demonstrator test-bed to show the...

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. launched its next-generation Blue Force Tracking High Capacity (BFT-HC) solution for satellite-enhanced asset tracking and secure mobile data communications, Comtech announced March 9.     The solution frees the U.S. Army from pressure to immediately replace or retrofit legacy equipment, allowing leverage of the existing technology investment, Comtech said....

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has delivered the first two suites of equipment for the Kanopus-type satellite platforms to VNIIEM in Russia, the company said March 6.     The equipment has completed two weeks of tests, and work is underway to integrate the equipment into the first two satellites under a joint...

Updated — March 6, 2009 – 12:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 6 Mission: Kepler Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station – Launch Complex 17 – Pad 17-B Launch Time:10:49:57 p.m. EST Description:...