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China Launches Shenzhou-9 Spacecraft
Read more →: China Launches Shenzhou-9 SpacecraftJIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) — China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on a Long March-2F carrier rocket blasted off from the…
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Telesat’s Busy Week Provides Two Big Boosts for Satellite Fleet
Read more →: Telesat’s Busy Week Provides Two Big Boosts for Satellite Fleet[06-15-12] FSS operator Telesat has been busy in the first half of June, during which it has launched…
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Vox Telecom Receives Signals from South Africa’s first Ka-band Satellite
Read more →: Vox Telecom Receives Signals from South Africa’s first Ka-band Satellite[06-15-12] Vox Telecom has received the first transmission from Y1-B, South Africa’s first Ka-band satellite, the company announced…
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Analysts: Data-Cap Rates at the Center of Department of Justice Pay-TV Probe
Read more →: Analysts: Data-Cap Rates at the Center of Department of Justice Pay-TV Probe[06-15-12] Analysts believe a recent data-rate cap feud between Comcast and Netflix prompted the Department of Justice to…
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How to propose to your GF and explore space with an iPhone at the same time
Read more →: How to propose to your GF and explore space with an iPhone at the same timeWe love hearing about Geeks like these…guys who just think up a creative project and go. This one…
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ESA Reserves Arianespace Soyuz for 2013 Sentinel-1 Launch
Read more →: ESA Reserves Arianespace Soyuz for 2013 Sentinel-1 Launch[06-15-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) has reserved a Soyuz rocket from Arianespace to launch its Sentinel-1 radar…
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Newsat Wins Three-Year, $30.3 Million Jabiru Service Contract
Read more →: Newsat Wins Three-Year, $30.3 Million Jabiru Service Contract[06-15-12] Australian operator NewSat has inked a $30.3 million contract with an unnamed South Asian reseller to provide…
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Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus Sends NASA Satellite into Orbit
Read more →: Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus Sends NASA Satellite into Orbit[06-15-12] Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus rocket has successfully launched the Nuclear Spectroscopic Array Telescope (NuSTAR) satellite it built for…
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Space Nerds Rejoice! The Super Guppy is on its way
Read more →: Space Nerds Rejoice! The Super Guppy is on its wayNASA’s Super Guppy cargo plane Calling all space-exploration enthusiasts, aerospace aficionados and other flight geeks: the Museum of…
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BSkyB, BT Snatch U.K. Premiere League Rights From ESPN
Read more →: BSkyB, BT Snatch U.K. Premiere League Rights From ESPN[06-14-12] British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and BT Group surprised the sports market by outbidding ESPN network for the…
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Kuwait’s Gulfsat Leases Capacity on Eutelsat 8 West A
Read more →: Kuwait’s Gulfsat Leases Capacity on Eutelsat 8 West A[06-14-12] Kuwaiti operator Gulfsat has signed a capacity lease for the Eutelsat 8 West A satellite at the…
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NASA teams evaluating ISS-built Exploration Platform roadmap
Read more →: NASA teams evaluating ISS-built Exploration Platform roadmapNASA’s Human Architecture Team (HAT) are coming to the conclusion of their support activity phase for what could…