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Orbital ATK Wins ORS-5 Launch Contract
Read more →: Orbital ATK Wins ORS-5 Launch Contract[Via Satellite 07-14-2015] The U.S. Air Force’s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office has awarded a $23.6 million contract…
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Photos: Tuesday’s Atlas 5 rollout
Read more →: Photos: Tuesday’s Atlas 5 rolloutThe Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with GPS satellite
Read more →: Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with GPS satellite(Launch webcast begins at 11:16 a.m. EDT) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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Superzoom camera can literally shoot the Moon, but will it have a creepy dark side?
Read more →: Superzoom camera can literally shoot the Moon, but will it have a creepy dark side?The zoom ability of the P900 is other-worldy. Three frames taken from the same spot. (NikonUSA.com) The latest…
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Scientists wowed by new views of ‘psychedelic’ Pluto
Read more →: Scientists wowed by new views of ‘psychedelic’ PlutoPluto and its Texas-sized moon Charon share an alien environment on the solar system’s outer frontier, with patches…
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Humanity’s first ambassador to Pluto makes historic flyby
Read more →: Humanity’s first ambassador to Pluto makes historic flybyNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft returned this photo of Pluto late Monday, the last view of the icy world…
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US Marine Corps Orders 36 Satcom Terminals from GATR
Read more →: US Marine Corps Orders 36 Satcom Terminals from GATR[Via Satellite 07-14-2015] The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has approved full rate production of 36 inflatable satellite communications…
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New Horizons calls home
Read more →: New Horizons calls homeNew Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern celebrates the reception of the first signals from New Horizons after a…
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HTS Vital to Reaching New Markets, Says NSR
Read more →: HTS Vital to Reaching New Markets, Says NSR[Via Satellite 07-13-2015] High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity will play a critical role in unlocking new markets for…
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South Africa Funds Avanti Satellite Broadband for More than 1,000 SMEs
Read more →: South Africa Funds Avanti Satellite Broadband for More than 1,000 SMEs[Via Satellite 07-13-2015] South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is providing funding for the country’s business…
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Spaceflight Industries inks partnerships to improve its ‘cellphone network for space’
Read more →: Spaceflight Industries inks partnerships to improve its ‘cellphone network for space’Spaceflight Industries announced a partnership today with Spire Global to expand its network of ground stations for its…
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See NASA’s Pluto explorer before embarkment from Earth
Read more →: See NASA’s Pluto explorer before embarkment from EarthPhoto credit: Ben Cooper/Launchphotography.com NASA’s New Horizons probe, armored for a nine-year journey through the cold, inhospitable depths…