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Thales Alenia Space to Lead ESA’s FLEX Mission
Read more →: Thales Alenia Space to Lead ESA’s FLEX MissionThales Alenia Space signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite…
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Controllers troubleshoot problem with Hubble camera
Read more →: Controllers troubleshoot problem with Hubble cameraEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 11 with correction regarding the field-of-view of the Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument. Astronauts aboard…
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Could Barnard’s Star harbor an icy home for life? Astronomers weigh the options
Read more →: Could Barnard’s Star harbor an icy home for life? Astronomers weigh the optionsAn artist’s conception shows three planets around a red dwarf star. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration) Where’s the nearest…
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SSTL Finishes Build for Eutelsat Quantum Satellite
Read more →: SSTL Finishes Build for Eutelsat Quantum SatelliteSurrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) completed the build of the platform for Eutelsat Quantum, the first Geostationary Orbit (GEO)…
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Long March 3B lofts Chinasat-2D
Read more →: Long March 3B lofts Chinasat-2DFollowing a record-breaking 2018 that saw China launch 39 orbital mission, the Chinese have kicked off the new year by…
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IWayAfrica Exec Warns of Satellite Equipment Costs in Africa
Read more →: IWayAfrica Exec Warns of Satellite Equipment Costs in AfricaProviding broadband services in Africa has always been a key focus for the satellite industry, given the lack…
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Sky Takes Stake in Synamedia
Read more →: Sky Takes Stake in SynamediaEuropean media and entertainment company Sky has invested in Synamedia, an independent video software provider, joining majority shareholder Permira as a shareholder…
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Stratolaunch gets world’s biggest airplane ready for takeoff with 136 mph taxi test
Read more →: Stratolaunch gets world’s biggest airplane ready for takeoff with 136 mph taxi testA photo taken during a high-speed taxi test shows the nose gear on Stratolaunch’s twin-fuselage airplane rising from…
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Astronomers announce first exoplanets discovered by NASA’s TESS mission
Read more →: Astronomers announce first exoplanets discovered by NASA’s TESS missionSix months into its mission scanning the sky for planets around other stars, NASA’s orbiting TESS observatory…
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Canadian radio telescope takes the search for puzzling fast radio bursts into a new era
Read more →: Canadian radio telescope takes the search for puzzling fast radio bursts into a new eraOne of the radio antennas of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME, spreads out beneath the…
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Hubble Space Telescope’s team works to revive camera amid NASA shutdown
Read more →: Hubble Space Telescope’s team works to revive camera amid NASA shutdownNASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, perched on the end of the shuttle Atlantis’ robotic arm, helps to install the…
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Government MECO delays RS-25 testing following premature shutdown
Read more →: Government MECO delays RS-25 testing following premature shutdownNASA is yet to release any information as to why the latest RS-25 test in December aborted just…