Military Satellite
Advanced EHF Military Communications Satellite, USA
Posted on 10 July, 2009 | Read more >>
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Hughes Space and Communications and TRW have formed the National Team to establish the Department of Defense (DOD) The next generation of communications satellites that are safe, known as Advanced Extremely High Frequency system.
Advanced EHF programs provide advanced capabilities to the Milstar satellite program. Provides the basis for the next generation [...]
Sicral 1 Military Satellite, Italy
Posted on 09 July, 2009 | Read more >>
Italy Sicral 1 is the first military satellite. It is designed to operate for 10 years from 16.2 ° East longitude and to provide communications to fixed and mobile terminals operated by the Italian military. Sicral is the first European effort to Extremely High Frequency (EHF) broadcast frequencies. Italian officials said the satellite has a [...]
Spy Satellite RISAT-2, India
Posted on 10 May, 2009 | Read more >>
RISAT-2, or 2 Satellite Imaging Radar is a radar reconnaissance satellite that India has successfully launched as part of the program RISAT India. Launched aboard a PSLV-CA at 01:15 GMT on April 20, 2009, from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center. Students ANUSAT microsatellite rocket flown on the same ship as a [...]
Spy Satellite Omid, Iran
Posted on 10 March, 2009 | Read more >>
The satellite, called Omid, or hope in Iran’s Persian language is the first domestically made satellite was described as a satellite data processing and telecommunications research, Iranian state television reported that it was successfully launched on February 2, 2009.
The launch, which coincided with the Iranian revolution 30 years and overseen by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, [...]
SAR-Lupe Spy Satellite, Germany
Posted on 10 February, 2009 | Read more >>
SAR-Lupe is Germany’s first reconnaissance satellite system. SAR is an abbreviation for Synthetic Aperture Radar and “Lupe” is German for magnifying glass. SAR-Lupe program consists of five identical (770kg) satellites, developed by the German aeronautics company OHB-System that can be controlled by the ground station is responsible for controlling the system and analyze data taken. [...]
Spy Satellite Helios, France
Posted on 10 February, 2009 | Read more >>
The Helios 1B is the French military photo-reconnaissance spacecraft. It was launched from the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana on December 3, 1999 at 16:22:00 UTC. Plane ride an Ariane 40 rocket that also brought French military reconnaissance satellite Clementine. Because the power supply failure, it should be left devastated in the year 2005.
This system [...]