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NASA fires back at Nathan Myhrvold in spat over asteroid mission’s data
Read more →: NASA fires back at Nathan Myhrvold in spat over asteroid mission’s dataAn artist’s conception shows NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, making observations. WISE observations of near-Earth objects…
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NovelSat Releases N+1 Redundancy Family of Switches
Read more →: NovelSat Releases N+1 Redundancy Family of Switches[Via Satellite 05-25-2016] NovelSat has announced a new series of hot standby redundancy switches designed to boost the…
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China to Launch 30 Beidou Navigation Satellites in Next 5 Years
Read more →: China to Launch 30 Beidou Navigation Satellites in Next 5 YearsBEIJING, May 25 (China Space News) — China plans to launch 30 Beidou navigation satellites during the 13th…
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Inmarsat’s Jet Connex Makes Strides Toward Business Aviation Launch
Read more →: Inmarsat’s Jet Connex Makes Strides Toward Business Aviation Launch[Via Satellite 05-24-2016] Inmarsat’s broadband In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service is moving closer to launch. Rockwell Collins announced it…
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Photos: Soyuz dashes away from French Guiana launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz dashes away from French Guiana launch padA Russian Soyuz rocket topped with two European Galileo navigation satellites soared into orbit before dawn Tuesday, vaulting…
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Photos and video: Payload mated to Delta 4-Heavy rocket for upcoming launch
Read more →: Photos and video: Payload mated to Delta 4-Heavy rocket for upcoming launchCAPE CANAVERAL — Shielded from view within the protective rocket nose cone, a covert surveillance satellite has been…
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SpaceX pencils in July for next Falcon 9 landing at Cape Canaveral
Read more →: SpaceX pencils in July for next Falcon 9 landing at Cape CanaveralA first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returned to its first landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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On this date…Second American in orbit
Read more →: On this date…Second American in orbitWATCH: Scott Carpenter launched atop an Atlas rocket to become the second American to orbit the Earth today…
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NASA uses Microsoft’s HoloLens and ProtoSpace to build its next Mars rover in augmented reality
Read more →: NASA uses Microsoft’s HoloLens and ProtoSpace to build its next Mars rover in augmented realityEngineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory check the design of a rover assembly using Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality system.…
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SES Inks Capacity Deal in Philippines, Forms JV in Ghana
Read more →: SES Inks Capacity Deal in Philippines, Forms JV in Ghana[Via Satellite 05-24-2016] SES has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Sky Cable, the largest cable television provider…
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Galileo to Begin Initial Service By the End of the Year
Read more →: Galileo to Begin Initial Service By the End of the Year[Via Satellite 05-24-2016] The European Commission successfully launched another pair of Galileo satellites aboard an Arianespace Soyuz ST-B…
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Video: Asteroid sampler craft delivered to launch site
Read more →: Video: Asteroid sampler craft delivered to launch siteNASA’s OSIRIS-REx, the spacecraft that will grab a piece of Asteroid Bennu and return it to Earth, shipped…