The Department of Commerce (DoC) Inspector General (IG) added his voice last week to concerns about NOAA’s ability to successfully manage the acquisition of new weather satellites. The Commerce IG report came …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is moving an on-orbit spare satellite into position to replace a geostationary weather satellite that suddenly malfunctioned in late September. NOAA maintains two …
Today was a big day for the nation’s civil space agency and for the commercial space cargo business it is helping to create. Fifty four years ago, on October 1, 1958, …
Lockheed Martin feels comfortable enough with guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday that it will not issue sequester-related WARN …
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. Congress is in recess (except for pro forma sessions) until after the elections. Monday-Friday, October 1-5 International Astronautical Congress, …
Last year, congressional hearing after congressional hearing raised dire warnings of the catastrophe that would result if LightSquared was allowed to proceed with its hybrid satellite-terrestrial mobile broadband communications system. LightSquared would …
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) agreed today to open a comprehensive review of satellite licensing and operating procedures. The most recent wholesale review was in 1996. The FCC oversees use of …
NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report today that identifies four major challenges that cause NASA programs to experience cost overruns and delays. Solving these challenges will require strong and …
Vladimir Popovkin, head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, said today that the Russian space agency must become leaner for Russia to remain competitive in the space sector. Russian news agency …
A bill passed by the House and Senate to clarify that astronauts can keep certain items from their spaceflights like personal logs and checklists was signed into law yesterday. The …