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Lockheed Martin-Built Milstar Satellite Surpasses 10-Year On-Orbit Design Life
www.spacemart.com | Feb 15, 2012
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2012 - The second Milstar II military communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service, providing our nation's war

MilSatCom Asia 2012 Asia’s leading Military Communications Event for Satellite Professionals | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Jan 27, 2012
MilSatCom Asia 2012 Asia’s leading Military Communications Event for Satellite Professionals. The largest gathering of high level government, military and industry SATCOM experts from Asia-Pacific. - PR11783649

Air Force launches new military satellite - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air
www.airforcetimes.com | Jan 20, 2012
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Air Force successfully launched a next-generation military communications satellite on Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station that should begin serving troops this summer.

Fourth Boeing Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Ready for Liftoff
www.spacewar.com | Jan 19, 2012
El Segundo, CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2012 - Boeing has announced that the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite the company is delivering to the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed prelaunch testing and is ready for launch.

defence.professionals | defpro.com
www.defpro.com | Dec 5, 2011
Russia has organized an aerospace defense branch. The new service branch consolidates units, troops and systems that once worked separately to keep the skies above the country clear. The Aerospace...

Pentagon’s Global Broadcast Services Matures
www.defenseindustrydaily.com | Aug 22, 2011
$900M contract. (Aug 22/11) Pentagon contracts occasionally refer to the Global Broadcast Services (GBS), a system linked to (Last update: 2011-08-23 12:55:31 GMT)

Northrop Grumman To Test Heat Management System On ISS
www.space-travel.com | Apr 14, 2011
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2011 - Northrop Grumman will use an experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) to test a new way to cool military satellite payloads. The payload, the Massive Heat Transfer Experiment (MHTEX

Space Weapons & Missile Defense | Military Satellites Achieve 'Holy Grail' of Missile Defense |
www.space.com | Mar 23, 2011
Two U.S. military satellites have successfully tracked a ballistic missile launch through all phases of flight, a major success, officials say. The STSS satellites achieved the

Missile Defense Agency Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction
www.defense-aerospace.com | Feb 28, 2011
Operational and administrative control of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (STSS ATRR) satellite has been transferred to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) effective 31 January 2011.In addition to successfully demonstrating required on orbit system perf...

Russia has likely lost satellite
www.spacedaily.com | Feb 3, 2011
Moscow (UPI) Feb 2, 2011 - Russia has likely lost a military satellite it shot into space this week.