WASHINGTON — The next generation of secure communications satellites under development by the U.S. Department of Defense promises to substantially increase the amount of information available to troops in the field.
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Images From Cassini Spacecraft Capture Saturn’s Blue Northern Hemisphere
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Landsat Community Searching for Alternative Data Sources
WASHINGTON — While confident that the current Landsat satellites can continue operating in orbit until the next generation imager is launched sometime around the end of the decade, U.S. government officials are examining alternative ways to acquire the data.
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Ariane 5 ECA Launch Boosts Arianespace’s Competitiveness
PARIS — The successful Feb. 12 launch of the enhanced version of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket has put the Arianespace launch consortium back in the running as a major commercial-launch competitor, saved the life of a Loral-led satellite operator and removed a shadow cast over Europe’s near-term government space budget.
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Spain Studies Options For Military Observation Craft
PRIVATE tabstops: PARIS — The Spanish government has signed contracts with domestic industry teams to produce competing assessments of high-resolution radar and optical satellites for the Spanish Ministry of Defense, Spanish industry officials said. The work is expected to end in April, in time to be evaluated as part of Spain’s multiyear budget proposal to be set by June.
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Editorial: Is Anyone Paying Attention
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the U.S. satellite export drama over the past several years that European governments have begun investing in industrial capacities that will reduce Europe’s traditional reliance on American companies for certain satellite components.
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Profile: John T. Fuller, VP, Air Force Space Systems, Boeing Co.
A s Boeing Co.’s point man for most U.S. Air Force satellite systems, John Fuller already oversees a large and productive portfolio, but even bigger plums lay on the horizon.
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60 Nations Sign Earth Observation System Agreement
Brussels — Nearly 60 nations signed a 10-year program to tighten international coordination on earth observation to include common standards and improved maintenance for ground-based sensors and reduced duplication of satellite capacity.
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Japan Readies Modified H-2A For Return to Flight
TOKYO — Japan’s workhorse H-2A rocket, having undergone a top-to-bottom review and significant modifications following a November 2003 failure, is set to return to flight Feb. 24 carrying a government weather and air traffic control satellite.
