Missile Defense Cooperation Could Change Game
Missile defense could be a 'game-changer' that transforms U.S.-Russian ties if the two sides cooperate on a shared system, says a report. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Yesterday, 10:27am
Vega Launcher Targets Government Market
The Vega small-class launch vehicle is the first European rocket to be developed in nearly two decades. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Yesterday, 9:27am
NASA Wants Small-satellite Demo Proposals
The agency hopes to award one or more contracts in the fall under its Edison Small Satellite Demonstration Program. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Feb 3, 7:54pm
Defense Disconnect: Lean Times, Fat Profits
Earnings results showed that the industry managed to maintain and in many cases bolster profit margins in 2011. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Feb 2, 7:53pm
Israel Says Iran Seeking U.S.-range Missile
Israel said Iran had been working on developing a missile capable of striking the U.S. at a military base rocked by a deadly explosion three months ago. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Feb 2, 6:14pm
U.S. Base In Germany To Host Missile Defense
The command center for a controversial missile defense shield in Europe will be housed at Ramstein Air Base in western Germany. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Feb 2, 6:14pm
NGA EnhancedView To Absorb $50 Million Cut
Valued at $7.3 billion, the 10-year EnhancedView program has come under increasing budget scrutiny from lawmakers and administration officials. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Feb 1, 5:03pm
Russia Places Phobos-Grunt Failure Blame
Russia blamed radiation for a computer glitch that doomed its Mars moon mission, but space industry experts cast doubt on the findings. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Feb 1, 11:34am
OHB Wins Galileo Satellite Contract: Sources
OHB beat off competition from a consortium led by EADS Astrium to secure the contract. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Feb 1, 11:34am
ISS Program Monitors Soyuz Test Failure
Russian news media have reported potential delays of a month or more in the scheduled March 29 liftoff of the Soyuz TMA-04M capsule. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 31, 7:02pm
Tight Budgets Bringing Milsats Down to Earth
The majority of the 161 unclassified milsats forecast for production in the next decade will go into service in the near term with production tapering in the outyears. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 28, 9:51pm
Demand For Bandwidth Drives Commercial Satcom
Satellites play a vital role in the increasingly networked world, and satellite operators are discovering a wealth of new opportunities. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 28, 9:51pm
Proton Glitch Postpones SES-4 Again
The launch of a telecommunications satellite has been postponed due to an unspecified technical problem. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 27, 7:59pm
China To See Heavy 2012 Space Activity
As part of 20 launches expected in 2012, the country will likely orbit a civilian synthetic aperture radar remote sensing spacecraft. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 26, 7:36pm
Budget Plan Includes Cuts To UAS, Sats, Tacair
Northrop Grumman is thus far a big loser in the forthcoming fiscal 2013 budget plan of the Pentagon. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 26, 5:48pm
Boeing Steps Up Satellite Rates
Boeing is building four identical GPS IIF satellites as part of a USAF contract with a value of $1.35 billion. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 25, 6:34pm
Wallops Evolving Into Smallsat Launch Center
The center is developing its own 'six-pack' dispenser able to launch the equivalent of six cubesats on a commercial launch vehicle. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 24, 7:14pm
Sun Hurls Out Strong Geomagnetic Storm
The extra energy can interfere with radio communications used by airlines to navigate close to the North Pole in flights between North America, Europe and Asia. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 24, 6:32pm
Ariane 5 Upgrade Could End Subsidies
The 19-nation ESA is currently providing about 120 million euros in annual price supports to the European launch services company. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 20, 6:58pm
12 Topics To Watch in 2012
It's time to move on to 2012 and the next round of big developments in the aerospace and defense industry. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 20, 2:37pm
LightSquared, Feds In New Round Over GPS
LightSquared rejects U.S. Air Force-led tests as rigged, and vows to fight its case in court if necessary. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 20, 2:37pm
WGS: Possible Model For Europe Milsatcom
EU urges joint operations as U.S. draws five nations, including three from Europe, into Wideband Global Satcom. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 20, 2:37pm
New Plan: NGJ To Go Unmanned
New priorities would put Next Generation Jammer on unmanned designs as the follow-on to the EA-18G Growler. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 20, 2:37pm
Launch Vehicle Competition Increases
A decline in satellite purchases and rise in the number of launch vehicle operators could fuel greater competition. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 20, 2:37pm
USAF Launches WGS-4
The fourth Wideband Global Satcom military communications spacecraft is safely in its geostationary transfer orbit. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 20, 5:40am
NPP Commissioning Resumes After VIRS Anomaly
The Npoess Preparatory Project satellite was suspended last year after a sensor began losing sensitivity. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 19, 6:38pm
USAF Authorizes Production Of Ninth WGS
An agreement by five countries to subscribe to the Wideband Global Satcom has prompted option for a ninth spacecraft. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 18, 6:48pm
U.S. Removes Phobos-Grunt Data from Web
The U.S. military deviated from normal practice when it removed links to reentry predictions while not publishing final reentry data at all. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 18, 10:16am
SpaceX Launch To Space Station Slips
'In preparation for the upcoming launch, SpaceX continues to conduct extensive testing and analysis,' the company says. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 17, 6:44pm
No Practical Fix For LightSquared GPS Found
FAA analysis concludes that LightSquared's proposals are not compatible with several GPS-dependent aircraft safety-of-flight systems. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 17, 6:44pm
ISS Maneuvers To Avoid Iridium Debris
The 54-sec. debris avoidance maneuver was carried out Jan. 13 using thrusters on the station's Russian Zvezda service module. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 13, 7:11pm
China Marks Second Launch Of 2012
The FengYun-2F geostationary meteorological satellite launched atop a Long March 3A rocket. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 13, 7:11pm
Conflicting Predictions for Phobos-Grunt
Star gazers and space agencies cannot agree where and when Russia's botched $165M mission to retrieve dust from Mars' moon Phobos will crash. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 13, 1:07pm
USAF, Industry Eye Cost-Savings For GPS III
The budget environment at the Pentagon gives new meaning to the term 'capture team.' Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 13, 11:18am
ESA Ministers To Debate Budget Priorities
Most daunting challenges European Space Agency will face in 2012 could come from closest partners, within own ranks. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 13, 11:18am
Existing Stage Needed To Meet SLS Schedule
Engineers developing the heavy-lift SLS are polling the worldwide launch industry in search of an upper stage. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 13, 11:18am
Russia Expects Mars Probe Debris Within Days
Star gazers and space agencies worldwide are scrambling to determine where and when Russia’s botched $165-million mission to retrieve dust from Mars' moon Phobos will crash. Read more...
AviationNow.com Space Channel, Jan 13, 9:59am