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Kacific Capacity More Than 70 Percent Presold on First Satellite
Read more →: Kacific Capacity More Than 70 Percent Presold on First Satellite[Via Satellite 10-10-2016] Kacific Broadband Satellites, a Singapore-based startup with plans to provide internet connectivity to the Asia-Pacific…
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Equinix to Host First PoP for Laser Light’s Hybrid Optical Network
Read more →: Equinix to Host First PoP for Laser Light’s Hybrid Optical Network[Via Satellite 10-11-2016] Laser Light Communications (US) and its affiliate firm, Laser Light Global (UK) have selected global…
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Orbital ATK, Airbus Defence and Space to Co-Build Eutelsat’s Next Satellite
Read more →: Orbital ATK, Airbus Defence and Space to Co-Build Eutelsat’s Next Satellite[Via Satellite 10-11-2016] Eutelsat has signed a partnership with two satellite manufacturers, Orbital ATK in the U.S. and…
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SSL Confirms Health of NBN’s Sky Muster 2
Read more →: SSL Confirms Health of NBN’s Sky Muster 2[Via Satellite 10-10-2016] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has confirmed that Sky Muster 2, the second High Throughput Satellite…
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Critical Antares rocket launch set for Friday night
Read more →: Critical Antares rocket launch set for Friday nightA view of the Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft (right) undergoing final preparations for this week’s launch. Credit:…
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How aliens and Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell got tangled up in WikiLeaks emails
Read more →: How aliens and Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell got tangled up in WikiLeaks emailsNASA astronauts Edgar Mitchell (foreground) and Alan Shepard (background) work on the lunar surface during the Apollo 14…
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MT Aerospace Building Ariane 6 Mechanical Systems for Kourou
Read more →: MT Aerospace Building Ariane 6 Mechanical Systems for Kourou[Via Satellite 10-10-2016] OHB SE subsidiary MT Aerospace received a contract on Oct. 7 from the French space…
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Delays for Antares as she prepares for comeback mission
Read more →: Delays for Antares as she prepares for comeback missionThe next Cygnus spacecraft is currently undergoing final processing with her Antares launch vehicle, a key milestone ahead…
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Stratolaunch announces plan to fly with Pegasus rockets
Read more →: Stratolaunch announces plan to fly with Pegasus rocketsAn artist’s concept of Stratolaunch’s carrier aircraft with three Pegasus rockets. Credit: Stratolaunch Systems Stratolaunch Systems, a company…
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A not-so-simple response: Messages beamed to aliens amid debate over perils
Read more →: A not-so-simple response: Messages beamed to aliens amid debate over perilsThe European Space Agency’s Cebreros Station in Spain was due to transmit an 866-second encoded radio message in…
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Advantech Wireless Customer Places Large GaN SSPA Order
Read more →: Advantech Wireless Customer Places Large GaN SSPA Order[Via Satellite 10-10-2016] Advantech Wireless has received new orders in excess of $1 million for its second generation…
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Jeff Bezos marks retirement of Blue Origin New Shepard space capsule with a tortoise
Read more →: Jeff Bezos marks retirement of Blue Origin New Shepard space capsule with a tortoiseA worker at Blue Origin stencils the seventh and last tortoise onto what Jeff Bezos calls a “hardy…