http://www.viasatellite.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:24:38 EDT [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 partnerships with similar organizations around the globe, Eumetsat is using the latest space-based... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/24178.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 6-27-08] With France set to assume the presidency of the European Union (EU) in July, there could be major changes in European space policy in the immediate future.     France’s laid out its space strategy in a June 17 white paper on defence and national security... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/23508.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 4-29-08] The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is making all archived Landsat imagery available on the Internet for free, the agency announced April 28.     By February, users will be able to access any Landsat scene held in the USGS-managed national archive of global... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/22841.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 4-21-08] The European Space Agency (ESA) is prepared to take the lead in Earth observation after awarding a pair of satellites for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program, ESA’s director of Earth observation said.     The agency awarded... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/22788.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 1-15-08] With the announcement that the WorldView-1 imaging satellite has reached full operating capability, DigitalGlobe's capacity has been increased five fold, and the company's biggest problem with its previous satellite has been solved, said Chuck Herring, a DigitalGlobe... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/21922.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST [12-06-07 – Satellite News] The business of space is heating up, particularly in the area commercial private human spaceflight, Patricia Grace Smith, associate administrator in the Office of Commercial Space Transportation for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a Dec. 6 speech to... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/21682.html Thu, 6 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST [10-31-07 – Satellite Today]  Raytheon Co., Northrup Grumman Corp. and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office (IPO) turned over NPOESS command, control and communications segment to the operations and support... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/19343.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT [10-09-07 – Satellite Today]  ViaSat Inc. and Smart Digital Communications Bhd. recently collected real-time data to validate Australian Bureau of... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/19215.html Tue, 9 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT The United Kingdom House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has issued a review of the country’s space policy. The 158-page report, released in July, assesses the space sector and recommends that the government take a “strategic approach” to a limited set of space activities. The... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/18877.html Sat, 1 Sep 2007 0:00:00 EDT Northrop Grumman Corp. and three U.S. government agencies have completed a restructuring of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the organizations announced July 30. As part of the restructuring, Northrop Grumman Space Technology was awarded a contract modification... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/research/18779.html Thu, 2 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT