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Thaicom and SLNTV Ink Global Distribution Deal
Read more →: Thaicom and SLNTV Ink Global Distribution Deal[Via Satellite 04-28-2016] Thaicom has entered into a multi-year agreement with Somaliland National Television (SLNTV), Somaliland’s national broadcaster.…
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New Micro-Sat Launch Company Vector Space Systems Raises $1 Million
Read more →: New Micro-Sat Launch Company Vector Space Systems Raises $1 Million[Via Satellite 04-28-2016] Vector Space Systems, a startup company focusing on launch services for micro satellites, has raised…
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SpaceX Wins First Competed National Security Award with GPS 3 Launch
Read more →: SpaceX Wins First Competed National Security Award with GPS 3 Launch[Via Satellite 04-28-2016] The U.S. Air Force has awarded SpaceX an $82.7 million firm-fixed price, standalone contract to…
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Indian PSLV lofts IRNSS-1G to complete navigation constellation
Read more →: Indian PSLV lofts IRNSS-1G to complete navigation constellationIndia has launched a PSLV rocket carrying the IRNSS-1G navigation satellite. The launch, which took place early Thursday…
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EMC to Provide Broadband Satcom for Oilfield Services Company Fleet
Read more →: EMC to Provide Broadband Satcom for Oilfield Services Company Fleet[Via Satellite 04-28-2016] EMC has signed a multi-year contract with a global oilfield services company to provide mission-critical…
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Eurovision Signs SES Capacity Deal for Rio 2016 Olympics
Read more →: Eurovision Signs SES Capacity Deal for Rio 2016 Olympics[Via Satellite 04-28-2016] SES has signed a capacity agreement with Eurovision to broadcast the 2016 Rio de Janeiro…
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First launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome declared a success
Read more →: First launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome declared a successA Soyuz rocket streaked into sunny skies over a new multibillion-dollar Siberian spaceport Thursday with Russian President Vladimir…
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Europe’s Sentinel satellites generating huge ‘Big Data’ archive
Read more →: Europe’s Sentinel satellites generating huge ‘Big Data’ archiveThis full resolution subset of the first Sentinel 1B image captured Thursday shows Norway’s Nordaustlandet island in the…
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Telesat Shares Details on LEO Constellation Expectations
Read more →: Telesat Shares Details on LEO Constellation Expectations[Via Satellite 04-28-2016] Telesat President and CEO Dan Goldberg is confident the operator is on the right path…
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South China city gears up for satellite tourism
Read more →: South China city gears up for satellite tourismSouth China’s Wenchang City in Hainan Province is preparing to welcome rocket-watching tourists to the country’s fourth space…
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China’s Earth Observation Satellite Assists Ecuador Quake Relief
Read more →: China’s Earth Observation Satellite Assists Ecuador Quake ReliefBEIJING, Apr. 25 (China Space News) — China has offered a set of hi-resolution imageries of the Ecuador…
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Senators Press the Air Force on Hosted Payloads
Read more →: Senators Press the Air Force on Hosted Payloads[Via Satellite 04-27-2016] Mark Warner, D-Va., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., have signed a letter from the Hosted Payload…