Space
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Air ForceAir Force Needs To Think About More Resilient Space Architectures, Fanning Says
The Air Force needs to think of ways that don’t necessarily involve offensive capability to protect its space assets as space becomes increasingly congested, the service’s top civilian said yesterday. […]
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Air Force
Toomey Questions DoD Use Of Russian RD-180 Engines For Launch
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) introduced legislation Tuesday requiring the Defense Department to report to Congress on its use of the Russian RD-180 rocket engine in national security launches. The bill […]
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Air Force
Air Force Debating Usefulness Of Remaining Defense Meterological Satellite Program Spacecraft
The Air Force is debating whether its two remaining Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft will be useful by the time they are launched, according to a high-ranking official. “There’s […]
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BudgetSenate Panel Proposes Relaxing Commercial Satellite Imagery Resolution Restrictions
The Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday voted in favor of relaxing commercial satellite imagery resolution restrictions and reviewing the appropriate role of commercial satellite imagery in fulfilling intelligence requirements, according to […]
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SpaceOrbcomm, Inmarsat Team To Tackle Machine-To-Machine Solutions Market
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions provider Orbcomm [ORBC] and satellite communications services provider Inmarsat are teaming to take advantage of what they called the rapidly growing M2M market with a goal of […]
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Space
ViaSat Creates RF Waveform To Transmit Info Through Helicopter Rotors
Satellite communications (SATCOM) provider ViaSat [VSAT] created a new radio frequency (RF) waveform for its VR-12 Ka-band airborne antenna system to transmit information through the rotors of a helicopter, according […]
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Space
SpaceX’s Grasshopper Reaches Record 744 Meters In Latest Test
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Grasshopper reusable vertical takeoff vertical landing (VTVL) rocket reached its highest altitude of 744 meters in its latest flight Oct. 7, the company said on […]
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Budget
Continuing Resolution Includes Potential Funding To Maintain JPSS, GOES Launch Schedules
The continuing resolution (CR) signed yesterday by President Barack Obama to open the federal government through no later than Jan. 15 includes potential funding that may be apportioned up to […]
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Air Force
DoD Must Eliminate Hurdles To Innovative COMSATCOM Business Deals, Air Force Says
The Defense Department, and, where appropriate, Congress, must eliminate hurdles that inhibit it from exercising innovative commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements that enable more efficient and responsive acquisition of […]
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Budget
U.S., U.K. In Discussions With O3b Networks For Satellite Services
The United States, along with the United Kingdom, Australia and two other allied countries, has been in discussions with satellite services provider O3b Networks for access to the company’s satellite […]