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IEEE Spectrum August 2012 James C. Lyke |
U.S. Air Force's Plug-and-Play Satellites Satellite design doesn't have to be rocket science  |
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Military Looks to Small Satellites as Costs for Large Spacecraft Grow After some 50 years of launching large, complex, multi-million dollar spacecraft, the military and industry are rethinking the way satellites are built and acquired.  |
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Satellites at the Beck and Call of Ground Troops Military leaders for years have been asking for a capability that would allow ground units to commandeer satellites to obtain imagery of their surroundings.  |
National Defense October 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Scientists Pursue Flexible, Adaptable Space Systems In the future, "virtual satellites" circling the globe will peer down on enemy forces.  |
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Air Force Embraces Small Satellites As Budget Outlook Grows Dim With the federal budget expected to shrink in the coming years, Air Force officials are already looking at ways to maintain the capabilities they must deliver to the armed services.  |
National Defense June 2009 Stew Magnuson |
New Satellites to Keep Watch Over Space-Based Systems Two new satellites may be launched later this year that will help the U.S. defense community better understand what is happening to the multi-million dollar spacecraft it depends on.  |
National Defense July 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Pentagon Pushes for Smaller Satellites, Faster Launches The Roadrunner satellite helps break down barriers impeding the flow of information between commanders on the ground and spacecraft, and quickly replaces assets damaged in orbit.  |
National Defense June 2015 Vinny Sica |
Enabling Satellites to Do More With Less Satellite customers should continue to prioritize a streamlined approach by investing more in ground modernization and reuse of existing capabilities where feasible.  |
National Defense March 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Vendor Plans to Launch Commercial Laser Satellite System Two of the U.S. military's long-standing communications problems could be solved if a new company manages to get its proposed laser-based satellite system off the ground.  |
National Defense November 2012 Eric Beidel |
Spacecraft, Free-Falling Satellites Perform 'Delicate Dance' The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working with researchers around the world -- including high schoolers -- to solve the problem of synchronizing the movements of tumbling objects in space.  |
National Defense July 2007 Grace Jean |
Space Research Wing is Small But Has Big Dreams The Space Development and Test Wing is small by Air Force standards, but its gung-ho culture makes it ideal for acting as the "connective tissue" between scientists and acquisitions commands.  |
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Troubled Space-Based Infrared Satellite Program Finally Gets Off the Ground On May 7, the Air Force successfully sent to geosynchronous orbit GEO-1, the first SBIRS satellite. It was a long, tortuous road, lasting some 15 years with a price tag that will come to $10.4 billion.  |
National Defense January 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Military Space Communications Lacks Direction, Critics Say The Defense Department is at a standstill when it comes to figuring out what it will require to maintain its future military space communications architecture, both industry and government officials said at a recent industry conference -- and nobody seems to be in charge.  |
National Defense September 2015 Graham Kilmer |
Defense Leaders Make Renewed Push For Operationally Responsive Space The Defense Department is eyeing small satellites and new launch systems as potential ways to maintain U.S. space resilience.  |
National Defense June 2004 Peter Teets |
Space Programs Reflect War-Fighting Priorities Space systems increasingly have become integrated into national intelligence and war-fighting operations.  |
National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright |
'Wi-Fi in the Sky' The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is moving forward with a space program that could revolutionize the way satellites are procured and deployed.  |
National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson |
It's Not All Bad News When It Comes to the Health of the U.S. Space Industrial Base The health and welfare of the companies that produce spacecraft, payloads, rockets and ground stations for everyone from NASA to intelligence agencies has been the source of much hand-wringing during the past few years.  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2010 Sigrid Close |
Shooting Stars Can Shoot Down Satellites We don't know enough about meteoroids  |
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Adapter Could Help Air Force Get More Out of Its Launches Moog Space and Defense Group is offering an adapter that can be placed aboard Delta 4 or Atlas 5 rockets.  |
National Defense September 2015 Graham Kilmer |
Lockheed Opens New Satellite Production Center Lockheed Martin opened in July the Radio Frequency Payload Center for Excellence, a new facility aimed at streamlining satellite spacecraft production.  |
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel |
Researchers Develop Tow Truck for Space Scientists want to launch a robot into space that would remove functioning parts from retired satellites and transport them to a different orbit for continued use.  |
National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Out-of-Synch Satellite and Terminal Programs Cost Pentagon Millions It is an example of a longtime problem in the U.S. military: a lack of coordination between those who build and launch satellites, and those who develop the devices that connect the billion-dollar spacecraft with soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.  |
National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Air Force Space Programs on Hold as New Architecture Studied The Air Force is in the throes of conducting several studies that service officials say may lead to a radically new space architecture. Meanwhile, getting space system acquisition right is more important than ever.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2012 Bedrossian et al. |
Overclock My Satellite Sophisticated algorithms boost satellite performance on the cheap  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 John McHale |
Payload Systems designs satellites that move in formation The bowling ball-sized satellites, called Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES), comprise a test bed for maneuvering satellites and orbiting telescopes, Payload Systems officials say.  |
National Defense July 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
New Chinese Threats to U.S. Space Systems Worry Officials If China continues to make strides and develops weapons that reach farther, it could one day threaten key satellites in geosynchronous orbit.  |
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Promise of `Revolution' in Satellite Communications Faces Challenges Recently, the Air Force launched the first of five Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft, marking the first in a series of four constellations that will revolutionize the military's ability to communicate with forces on the ground.  |
National Defense January 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Space Command Looks To Fill Communication Gaps as Budgets Tighten "Doing more without more," -- the mantra coming from the office of the secretary of defense -- is a challenge for the Air Force as it tries to keep pace with growing demands for its satellite communications.  |
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Fuel Demand for Satellite Bandwidth The communications-hungry drones consume large amounts of bandwidth to pipe battlefield video feeds and other sensor data back to intelligence centers and to forces on the ground.  |
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Israel Pushes New Satellite as Solution to U.S. Space Radar Needs Israel Aerospace Industries has joined with Northrop Grumman in hopes that they can sell time on a radar imaging satellite to U.S. government agencies.  |
National Defense June 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Air Force to Boost Budget to Prepare for Conflicts in Space A potential conflict on Earth that escalates into space has prompted the Air Force to find an extra $5 billion to spend on offensive and defensive systems to protect national security satellites.  |
National Defense June 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Air Force Works on Vision of Affordable Space The words "affordable" and "national security space" systems are not often paired together.  |
Popular Mechanics February 2009 Roxana Tiron |
As Satellite Program Fails, New Plans Arise to Take its Place The Pentagon needs quick ways to get small satellites into space to fill a shortfall in battlefield communication.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 John McHale |
The Moon, Mars and beyond... The Space Shuttle program is due to be replaced by the Crew Exploration Vehicle.  |
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Satellite Company Claims It Can Prevent Weather Data Gap Executives at PlanetIQ, a joint venture by several space companies, say they can solve the problem by launching a constellation of 12 low-earth orbit satellites that use a method called GPS radio occultation.  |
National Defense April 2013 Sandra I. Erwin |
Satellite Shortages May Choke Off Military Drone Expansion It is a perennial problem in military operations that there is never enough satellite capacity to satisfy commanders' gargantuan appetite for voice and data communications.  |
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson |
New Generation of Commercial Satellites to Benefit Military Commercial satellite communications providers are in the process of launching a new generation of high-capacity spacecraft that will be a boon for their military customers.  |
National Defense June 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Air Force Faces Daunting Task to Determine What's Happening in Space The Air Force needs to monitor to have a complete picture of what is happening to the thousands of orbiting systems that circle the planet.  |
Wired April 2001 Alex Markels |
The Next Wave Ships from Norway, rockets from Russia, techspertise from Seattle. Together, they slingshot satellites off a floating platform on the equator - and set the stage for a new kind of company, built on international brainpower...  |
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Mason Peck |
Exploring Space with Chip-sized Satellites The future of space exploration will include swarms of tiny spacecraft.  |
T.H.E. Journal August 1999 Stephen M. Portz - Space Coast Middle School |
Satellite Technologies in the Classroom ...Though the data is often not in real time, the ease of accessibility, the range and quantity of images, and the archival capabilities of the Internet make the use of satellite imagery a great educational activity...  |
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Murky Picture of What's Happening in Space Worries Air Force Officials There is a deterrent value to space situational awareness that doesn't grab the attention it should.  |
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Taking Out the Trash: What Can Be Done About Space Debris? What goes up doesn't necessarily come down when it comes to manmade objects orbiting the planet.  |
National Defense May 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Officials Can See End of the Long Road to Export Reform For the past two years, federal officials have been methodically revising the lists of U.S. defense technologies that require special export licenses.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 |
Boeing Chooses Expand Networks's Compass Platform for Orbital Express Demonstration To test and optimize Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and telemetry data for satellite networks, Boeing selected the Compass Platform.  |
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Demand for Military Satellites Shows No Sign of Slowing Down The use of space systems in military operations has surged during the past decade and this growth shows no signs of slowing down, according to an industry study.  |
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson |
`Responsive Space' Office Must Quickly Prove Itself, Proponents Say U.S. Strategic Command was given an office space and now people are are pushing for the office to make good on their promise to deliver space-based services to field commanders in days or weeks.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
Lockheed Martin launches modernized satellite series Spacecraft in the modernized series are designed to benefit the military with two new signals, improved encryption, and anti-jamming capabilities.  |
National Defense June 2009 Robert H. Williams |
Wireless Bus Leading To More Proficient Military Satellites Northrop Grumman is developing a wireless spacecraft bus for the Air Force that could lead to less expensive and lighter satellites.  |
National Defense June 2005 Edward Swallow |
Space Programs Aren't `Broken,' But Need Fixes As space programs come under increasing scrutiny in the U.S. -under the Nunn-McCurdy legislation--for cost overruns and schedule delays, it is important to understand the complexity and uniqueness associated with these systems.  |