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GPS OCX Passes New Test Milestone
Read more →: GPS OCX Passes New Test Milestone[Via Satellite 06-29-2016] Raytheon recently completed its “Run For Record” test of the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning…
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Chinese conduct surprise Long March 4B launch with Shijian-16-2
Read more →: Chinese conduct surprise Long March 4B launch with Shijian-16-2China conducted another orbital launch, this time orbiting the Shijian-16 (#2) satellite via the Long March-4B (Chang Zheng-4B)…
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CPI ASC Signal Division Supplies Antennas to Taiwanese Telco
Read more →: CPI ASC Signal Division Supplies Antennas to Taiwanese Telco[Via Satellite 06-29-2016] Transcontinental Enterprises Company, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, has awarded a contract to the ASC Signal…
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HughesNet Satellite Internet Makes Debut in Brazil
Read more →: HughesNet Satellite Internet Makes Debut in Brazil[Via Satellite 06-29-2016] Hughes is beginning the company’s first international deployment of its HughesNet consumer internet service outside…
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Juno’s British-built engine readied for all-important firing at Jupiter
Read more →: Juno’s British-built engine readied for all-important firing at JupiterArtist’s concept of the Juno spacecraft’s Leros 1b main engine firing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ground controllers pressurized the Juno…
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Comtech Wins In-Flight Connectivity SSPA Order
Read more →: Comtech Wins In-Flight Connectivity SSPA Order[Via Satellite 06-29-2016] Comtech Xicom Technology has received an $11.8 million follow-on production order for Solid-State Power Amplifiers…
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Chinese intelligence-gathering satellite launched by Long March 4B rocket
Read more →: Chinese intelligence-gathering satellite launched by Long March 4B rocketA Long March 4B rocket launched at 0321 GMT Wednesday (11:21 p.m. EDT Tuesday) with China’s second Shijian…
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AsiaSat and JIB Strike up NHK Broadcast Agreement
Read more →: AsiaSat and JIB Strike up NHK Broadcast Agreement[Via Satellite 06-29-2016] Japan International Broadcasting (JIB), has agreed to use AsiaSat’s AsiaSat 7 satellite to broadcast NHK…
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Dwarf planet Ceres’ mysterious bright spot hints at upwelling of salty water
Read more →: Dwarf planet Ceres’ mysterious bright spot hints at upwelling of salty waterThe center of Ceres’ mysterious Occator Crater is the brightest area on the dwarf planet. The inset perspective…
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DigitalGlobe Shifts WorldView 1 to Afternoon Orbit
Read more →: DigitalGlobe Shifts WorldView 1 to Afternoon Orbit[Via Satellite 06-29-2016] DigitalGlobe has completed its 18-month-long transition of the WorldView 1 imaging satellite from a morning…
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Orbital Insight Raises $20 Million from Venture Capital Firms
Read more →: Orbital Insight Raises $20 Million from Venture Capital Firms[Via Satellite 06-28-2016] Geospatial big data startup Orbital Insight has raised $20 million in funding through a $15…
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Sierra Nevada Corp. is working with U.N. on global space program for Dream Chaser
Read more →: Sierra Nevada Corp. is working with U.N. on global space program for Dream ChaserAn artist’s conception shows Sierra Nevada Corp.’s uncrewed version of the Dream Chaser space glider in orbit with…