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Progress cargo craft rolled out for launch to space station
Read more →: Progress cargo craft rolled out for launch to space stationThe second of three robotic resupply ships going to the International Space Station in two weeks has arrived…
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NSR: More than 785 Ultra-HD Channels Coming Over Next Decade
Read more →: NSR: More than 785 Ultra-HD Channels Coming Over Next Decade[Via Satellite 03-29-2016] By 2025, NSR expects more than 785 Ultra-HD channels will broadcast over satellite, driving an…
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Orbital ATK Cygnus Spacecraft Reaches International Space Station
Read more →: Orbital ATK Cygnus Spacecraft Reaches International Space Station[Via Satellite 03-28-2016] Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft, launched March 22 on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5…
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Soyuz aces test campaign at new Vostochny Cosmodrome
Read more →: Soyuz aces test campaign at new Vostochny CosmodromeThe Soyuz-2.1a rocket sits on its launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome during tests last week. Credit: TsSKB…
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FAB-T Force Element Terminal Costs Up 24 Percent From Last Year
Read more →: FAB-T Force Element Terminal Costs Up 24 Percent From Last Year[Via Satellite 03-28-2016] Costs for the Force Element Terminal (FET) portion of the U.S. Air Force’s Family of…
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Lockheed Martin Space Fence Test Facility Opens in New Jersey
Read more →: Lockheed Martin Space Fence Test Facility Opens in New Jersey[Via Satellite 03-28-2016] Lockheed Martin has established a test site in New Jersey for the U.S. Air Force‘s…
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DARPA Seeking Private Partners for In-Orbit Servicing Program
Read more →: DARPA Seeking Private Partners for In-Orbit Servicing Program[Via Satellite 03-28-2016] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is reviving its in-orbit servicing efforts through…
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JAXA’s Astro-H X-ray Astronomy Satellite has Communications Malfunction
Read more →: JAXA’s Astro-H X-ray Astronomy Satellite has Communications Malfunction[Via Satellite 03-28-2016] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reports that its Astro-H X-ray astronomy satellite, also called…
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Concerns grow for X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-H
Read more →: Concerns grow for X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-HJapan’s ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite is in trouble, just weeks after launch. Following a loss of nominal communication,…
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Japan’s newest space telescope goes silent
Read more →: Japan’s newest space telescope goes silentUpdated on March 28. Artist’s concept of the Hitomi observatory. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita Japan has lost contact with…
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Cygnus cargo ship hooks up to space station; ULA investigates rocket glitch
Read more →: Cygnus cargo ship hooks up to space station; ULA investigates rocket glitchThe International Space Station’s robotic arm reaches out to grapple Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo ship in a video…
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Photos: Cygnus goes from Cape Canaveral to the space station
Read more →: Photos: Cygnus goes from Cape Canaveral to the space stationThis collection of official NASA photographs captures the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolling to the pad…