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Forecast International: Communications Satellite Manufacturing to Reach $60 Billion by 2024
Read more →: Forecast International: Communications Satellite Manufacturing to Reach $60 Billion by 2024[Via Satellite 07-17-2015] Satellite manufacturers will build more than 430 communications satellites between now and 2024, reaching an…
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Junta de Castilla La Mancha Using Spot Gen3 to Aid Spain’s Forest Firefighters
Read more →: Junta de Castilla La Mancha Using Spot Gen3 to Aid Spain’s Forest Firefighters[Via Satellite 07-17-2015] Junta de Castilla La Mancha, the administrative authority that oversees forest and wildfire management for…
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EMC Closes MTN Acquisition
Read more →: EMC Closes MTN Acquisition[Via Satellite 07-17-2015] Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) has completed its acquisition of Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), previously announced on…
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Firefly Space Systems Issues Payload User’s Guide, Gains New Investment
Read more →: Firefly Space Systems Issues Payload User’s Guide, Gains New Investment[Via Satellite 07-17-2015] Firefly Space Systems, has released its Payload User’s Guide for the Alpha vehicle, the company’s…
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Asteroid-mining milestone: Planetary Resources deploys first spacecraft into orbit
Read more →: Asteroid-mining milestone: Planetary Resources deploys first spacecraft into orbitThe Arkyd 3 Reflight Spacecraft deploying from the International Space Station’s Kibo airlock for a 90-day test mission.…
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Myanmar Broadcasting Law Nears Completion as Satellite Plans Mature
Read more →: Myanmar Broadcasting Law Nears Completion as Satellite Plans Mature[Via Satellite 07-16-2015] The Myanmar government is soon to pass a new broadcasting law designed to open up…
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UrtheCast Acquires Deimos Imaging for $83 Million
Read more →: UrtheCast Acquires Deimos Imaging for $83 Million[Via Satellite 07-16-2015] UrtheCast has announced the acquisition of Elecnor’s Earth observation business Deimos Imaging for an aggregate…
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Debris from old Russian satellite forced ISS crew into contingency ops
Read more →: Debris from old Russian satellite forced ISS crew into contingency opsLife aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has returned to normal after a late conjunction threat forced the…
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Weather satellite, Brazilian payload launched on Ariane 5
Read more →: Weather satellite, Brazilian payload launched on Ariane 5Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A new spin-stabilized European weather observatory hitched a…
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Scientists share first close-up snapshot of Charon
Read more →: Scientists share first close-up snapshot of CharonThe view of Charon in the inset of this image was taken by New Horizons’ LORRI camera around…
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ILS Starts Selling Angara 1.2 Launches
Read more →: ILS Starts Selling Angara 1.2 Launches[Via Satellite 07-16-2015] International Launch Services (ILS) is now actively marketing the Angara 1.2 launch vehicle along with…
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Arianespace Wins Fresh Eumetsat Contract After MSG 4 Launch
Read more →: Arianespace Wins Fresh Eumetsat Contract After MSG 4 Launch[Via Satellite 07-16-2015] On the heels of its third Ariane 5 launch of the year, Arianespace clenched a…