Honeywell to Develop Miniature Gyroscope System for Air Force
[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Honeywell has been selected to provide the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory with...

Northrop Grumman Delivers Third Instrument for NPOESS Preparatory Project
[Satellite Today 11-18-08] The third of five sensors for the National Polar-orbiting Operational...

Thales Alenia Space to Supply Electronics for Spanish Satellite
[Satellite Today 11-14-08] Thales Alenia Space España has been awarded a 17 million euro ($21.5...

MDA Wins Two Government Radarsat Contracts
[Satellite Today 11-14-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) received a contract from the Canadian...

Russians Delay GOCE Launch Until 2009
Problem In Russian Rocket Forces Delay In Orbiting Craft Russians decided to delay until next year a launch of the European GOCE Earth explorer satellite on a Rockot launch vehicle, pending a probe into a... read more 

Eumetsat Plans Greater Role in Climate Change Issues
Mark Holmes
[Satellite Today 08-21-08] The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) is set to play a key role in the battle against climate change. Through new satellites and... read more 

Satellite-Based Air Traffic Management Keeping the Airline Industry Aloft
Richard Kusiolek
The airline industry is a major economic driver around the globe, but the system is reaching the limits of its capacity. How will the satellite industry play a key role in keeping airlines flying and the... read more 

European Space Research Funding
Gerry Oberst
Europe funds a substantial number of space-related research projects, with the vast bulk of money in recent years directed to the Galileo navigation satellite system and to the Global Monitoring for... read more 

Hubble Telescope Sees Planet Orbiting Distant Star
The Hubble Space Telescope for the first time snapped a visible-light picture of a planet circling another star, NASA announced. The planet is called Formalhut b. While the Hubble and other observers have... read more 

Kazakh Cosmonaut May Fly To Space Station Next Year
Kazakhstan will send a cosmonaut to the International Space Station a year or so from now, the Kazakh National Space Agency announced. But... read more 

NASA Awaits Two Studies Detailing How To Shrink Five-Year Travel Gap
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won't be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. That gap, as matters now stand... read more 

Hardware Arrives For Ares 1-X Test Flight
A major piece of hardware for the Ares 1-X rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center last week. Ares, the rocket that someday will power Orion space capsule flights, is being developed by several contractors... read more 

NASA Symposium Gives Small Firms Tips On How To Become Subcontractors
Leaders of small businesses received extensive tips from NASA prime-contractor officials on how to become subcontractors, during a two-day symposium at a Washington hotel. The tips included common-sense... read more 

Endeavour Docks With International Space Station After Flawless Launch
Space Shuttle Endeavour thundered to the heavens and docked with the International Space Station to begin a major makeover of the orbiting laboratory. While the blazing, on-time launch at 7:55 p.m. ET Friday... read more 

NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated -- November 14, 2008 - 9:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour... read more 

Czech Republic Joins ESA
The Czech Republic joined the European Space Agency, ESA announced. That makes 18 nations holding membership in the... read more