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RSCC Makes Payments Toward Future Satellites
Read more →: RSCC Makes Payments Toward Future Satellites[Via Satellite 12-29-2016] The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has confirmed that it has made initial payments to…
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EchoStar XXI Satellite Launch Delayed
Read more →: EchoStar XXI Satellite Launch Delayed[Via Satellite 12-29-2016] The launch of the EchoStar XXI satellite has been delayed, International Launch Services (ILS) confirmed…
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UK Space Agency Awards exactEarth 1.1 Million for Small Vessel Tracking
Read more →: UK Space Agency Awards exactEarth 1.1 Million for Small Vessel Tracking[Via Satellite 12-29-2016] ExactEarth Europe Limited, a U.K. subsidiary of exactEarth Ltd, the leading provider of satellite Automatic…
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Kratos Wins Key US Government Contract
Read more →: Kratos Wins Key US Government Contract[Via Satellite 12-29-2016] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received a $17.5 million Command, Control and Communications (C3)…
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Internal debris may be causing problem with Mars rover’s drill
Read more →: Internal debris may be causing problem with Mars rover’s drillFile photo of Curiosity’s drill bit from Feb. 24, 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Engineers suspect a piece of foreign…
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Chinese Earth observation satellites launched into lower-than-planned orbit
Read more →: Chinese Earth observation satellites launched into lower-than-planned orbitTwo commercial Earth-imaging satellites launched by a Chinese Long March 2D booster Wednesday are flying in lower-than-planned orbits…
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YIR IV: New Horizons returns all data of Pluto, a small world with big surprises
Read more →: YIR IV: New Horizons returns all data of Pluto, a small world with big surprisesIt was the dominant event in spaceflight last year: New Horizons’ rapid-paced, intense scientific investigation of the icy,…
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Orbital ATK has no plans to phase out seldom-used Pegasus rocket
Read more →: Orbital ATK has no plans to phase out seldom-used Pegasus rocketIn this view from an F/A-18 chase plane, Orbital ATK’s Pegasus XL rocket fires its first stage seconds…
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Newtec Announces New CEO, Record Growth
Read more →: Newtec Announces New CEO, Record GrowthThomas Van den Driessche, Newtec’s new CEO. Photo: Newtec [Via Satellite 12-27-2016] Newtec announced record revenue and profitability…
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Zettabox Selects Cloud Constellation to Help Companies Meet New Data Rules
Read more →: Zettabox Selects Cloud Constellation to Help Companies Meet New Data Rules[Via Satellite 12-27-2016] Cloud Constellation Corporation has entered into a service provision agreement with Zettabox to help companies…
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China lays out plans to put probe on moon’s far side in 2018 – and on Mars in 2020
Read more →: China lays out plans to put probe on moon’s far side in 2018 – and on Mars in 2020An artist’s conception shows the Chang’e 4 spacecraft landing on the moon. (CCTV via YouTube) China’s latest white…
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SuperView duo launched by Long March 2D – Suffers problem
Read more →: SuperView duo launched by Long March 2D – Suffers problemThe first Long March 2D to launch from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the first pair of…