Author: Tai Nichols

The U.S. Air Force has taken delivery of the third Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) satellite payload as part of its Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and Ghalam LLP signed a contract for the collaborative design and development of the Kazak Science and Technology satellite system

CPI International and its wholly owned subsidiary Communications & Power Industries (CPI) have acquired M C L, a manufacturer of power amplifier products and systems for the satellite communications market and a wholly owned subsidiary of MITEQ

Tata Sky, a direct-to-home satellite television provider in India, has selected Broadcom Corporation’s integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices for set-top boxes (STB) to enable Tata Sky's first MPEG-4 standard definition (SD) STB

Gilat Satellite Networks announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Spacenet, a provider of managed network and data security services, has introduced an enhanced suite of integrated Wi-Fi services

UTC Aerospace Systems announced that the ORS 1 satellite has celebrated its second anniversary in space. ORS 1, the first Operationally Responsive Space satellite specifically designed to support combatant command operations was launched from Wallops Island Flight Facility aboard a Minotaur 1 launch vehicle on June 29, 2011

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and Ghalam LLP signed a contract for the collaborative design and development of the Kazak Science and Technology satellite system

Software designed for processing satellite pictures is now helping medical researchers to establish a simple method for wide-scale screening for Alzheimer’s disease.

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Thursday at 7:27 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The mission to study the solar atmosphere was placed in orbit by an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced the selection of RUAG Space AG of Zurich, Switzerland as its strategic partner for Dual Launch Capability development