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ViaSat, Virgin America Explain Ku/Ka IFC Partnership
Read more →: ViaSat, Virgin America Explain Ku/Ka IFC Partnership[Via Satellite 07-13-2015] ViaSat has entered a technology partnership with Virgin America to provide satellite connectivity for 10…
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Pluto stakes claim as ‘King of the Kuiper Belt’
Read more →: Pluto stakes claim as ‘King of the Kuiper Belt’Pluto’s bright, mysterious “heart” is rotating into view, ready for its close-up on close approach, in this image…
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New Horizons conducts flyby of Pluto in historic Kuiper Belt encounter
Read more →: New Horizons conducts flyby of Pluto in historic Kuiper Belt encounterHumanity has visited the dwarf planet Pluto – the first-ever Kuiper Belt Object visited by a spacecraft –…
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Preview: New GPS navigation satellite heads into space this week
Read more →: Preview: New GPS navigation satellite heads into space this weekCAPE CANAVERAL — The Global Positioning System, its precision navigation and timing services made possible by the U.S.…
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NASA probe finally on Pluto’s doorstep
Read more →: NASA probe finally on Pluto’s doorstepSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI Three billion…
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Question time with Alan Stern, the Pluto evangelist
Read more →: Question time with Alan Stern, the Pluto evangelistAlan Stern, New Horizons’ principal investigator, started thinking about a mission to Pluto in the 1980s. Credit: NASA/Aubrey…
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Photos: GPS 2F-10 readied for launch
Read more →: Photos: GPS 2F-10 readied for launchThis collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-10 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the…
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New Horizons gets last look at Pluto’s mystery spots
Read more →: New Horizons gets last look at Pluto’s mystery spotsNew Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager captured this view of Pluto early Saturday, July 11, at a distance…
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New contact with intractable comet lander
Read more →: New contact with intractable comet landerArtist’s concept of the Philae lander. Credit: DLR Europe’s Rosetta comet probe re-established momentary contact with the Philae…
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Launch Providers Step up to Commercialize ORS Super Strypi
Read more →: Launch Providers Step up to Commercialize ORS Super Strypi[Via Satellite 07-10-2015] Several companies have expressed interest in commercializing the Super Strypi dedicated small satellite launch vehicle…
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Orbital sail, Earth-watching satellites launched by PSLV
Read more →: Orbital sail, Earth-watching satellites launched by PSLVA video frame from India’s launch broadcast of Friday’s PSLV mission. Credit: ISRO Five satellites made in Britain…
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SSL Picks GMV for Bank Rakyat Indonesia’s BRIsat Control Center
Read more →: SSL Picks GMV for Bank Rakyat Indonesia’s BRIsat Control Center[Via Satellite 07-10-2015] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has selected GMV to install the control center for Bank Rakyat…