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TRMM spacecraft completes destructive re-entry over South Indian Ocean
Read more →: TRMM spacecraft completes destructive re-entry over South Indian OceanA long-serving Earth observation satellite has succumb to a fiery demise via an uncontrolled destructive re-entry on Tuesday.…
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OneWeb Picks Airbus Defence and Space to Build 900 Satellites
Read more →: OneWeb Picks Airbus Defence and Space to Build 900 Satellites[Via Satellite 06-15-2015] OneWeb has selected Airbus Defence and Space to be its industrial partner for a constellation…
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OneWeb selects Airbus to build 900 Internet satellites
Read more →: OneWeb selects Airbus to build 900 Internet satellitesArtist’s concept of a OneWeb satellite. Credit: OneWeb Airbus Defense and Space and OneWeb, a startup backed by…
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Engineers seek to stabilize radio link with comet lander
Read more →: Engineers seek to stabilize radio link with comet landerRosetta’s navigation camera captured this view of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko awakened by the sun June 5. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam Emboldened…
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SNC, Huntsville Alabama Embark on Dream Chaser Airport-Landing Studies
Read more →: SNC, Huntsville Alabama Embark on Dream Chaser Airport-Landing Studies[Via Satellite 06-15-2015] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and a consortium of partners are evaluating the feasibility of landing…
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NASA Posts RFP for SmallSat Launch Services
Read more →: NASA Posts RFP for SmallSat Launch Services[Via Satellite 06-15-2015] NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for its recently…
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Space Florida to take over KSC’s shuttle runway
Read more →: Space Florida to take over KSC’s shuttle runwayFile photo of Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway. Credit: NASA/KSC NASA will hand over control of…
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ABS Orders Third All-Electric Satellite from Boeing
Read more →: ABS Orders Third All-Electric Satellite from Boeing[Via Satellite 06-15-2015] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has awarded a contract to Boeing for a third all-electric 702…
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China using indigenous Beidou system to detect gas leaks
Read more →: China using indigenous Beidou system to detect gas leaksChina is planning to use its domestically-operated satellite navigation system to help log and detect possible leaks in…
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Two ‘microprobes’ to accompany InSight lander to Mars
Read more →: Two ‘microprobes’ to accompany InSight lander to MarsMechanical engineer Joel Steinkraus and systems engineer Farah Alibay hold a full-scale mechanical mock-up of a MarCO CubeSat.…
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Comet lander wakes up!
Read more →: Comet lander wakes up!STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the Philae lander. Credit: DLR The European Space…
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Philae awakes from comet slumber ready to return to work
Read more →: Philae awakes from comet slumber ready to return to workEuropean scientists have confirmed their brave little lander Philae has managed to regain communications with its Rosetta mothership.…