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The civilian sector, rather than the U.S. Air Force, will now be the driver of of government policy when it comes to the joint military and civilian control of GPS, as seems to be indicated within a new Department of Defense (DoD) directive.
Read MoreTwo additional research rockets will be launched by Iran prior to the country's first domestically built "research" satellite is in orbit.
Read MoreThe Chinese’ Xinhua news service is reporting the launch of a new, remote sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center which is located in northern China in the Shanxi Province. In a Rui C. Barbosa bylined article at the NASA website, the launch occurred yesterday (Monday, 22:48 UTC Sunday night) in the early morning hours.
Read MoreThe Telecom Commission (TEC) has approved the Department of Telecom (ToC) to start work on a independent, dedicated satellite that will provide telecom services. The probable winner of this award will be the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) as the ToC continues to work out the more minute details of satellite development.
Read MoreThe European Space Agency’s (ESA) Member States participating in the GMES Program approved the transition to Phase-2 of Segment 1 of the GMES Space Component Program. GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) is an EU-led initiative aimed at implementing information services dealing with environment and security.
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