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The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) could request funding as early as next year to begin experimenting with the different imagery products becoming available from a new generation of commercial satellite operators and data analytics firms.
Op-ed | Safety in Space Requires Commercial and Government Response
Space is becoming “congested, contested and competitive,” as the 2011 National Security Space Strategy report puts it. The time has come for responsible leadership within our industry and government to jointly develop strategies and policies to ensure our satellite launches and operations are conducted within a safe orbital environment.
Gen. Hyten Pushes Revamp of Satellite Control Infrastructure
The head of U.S. Air Force Space Command is pressing ahead with an initiative to commercialize some of the service’s satellite operations and move others to a new common ground system.
After Failure, Orbcomm Touts Constellation Resiliency
Orbcomm said it could lose several of its 17 second-generation satellites without a big impact on operations beyond a slight delay in message-delivery time..
NSF invests in science and engineering infrastructure across the nation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded four jurisdictions with grants ranging from $6 million to $20 million through its Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program for the […]
Hughes Demonstrates High Definition Video Over Satellite from Rotary Wing Aircraft
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced that its Defense and Intelligence Systems Division (DISD) successfully demonstrated the transmission of real-time, […]
Battling Satellite Interference — A View from the Front Lines
Steven Adams, a Tier 2 engineer at the Intelsat General Secure Operations Center, explains the types of satellite interference how IGC mitigates it for customers.
Commercial Data Providers Can Help Solve Resiliency Equation
The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency believes more than 600 commercial imaging satellites could be on orbit by 2021 and hopes to leverage these assets to diversify its data sources.
U.S. Spending on Space Protection Could Hit $8 Billion through 2020
Emerging threats from Russia and China and an eye-opening government study known as the Space Portfolio Review have led the White House to add as much as $8 billion to intelligence and defense budgets over the next five years for activities to improve the resiliency of U.S. national security space capabilities, sources told SpaceNews.