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Russian cargo ship to try fast-track rendezvous with space station
Read more →: Russian cargo ship to try fast-track rendezvous with space stationA Russian Soyuz rocket and Progress resupply freighter are set for liftoff Monday on an accelerated, less-than-four-hour rendezvous…
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How a snafu over swarming satellites led Spaceflight to sharpen its launch policy
Read more →: How a snafu over swarming satellites led Spaceflight to sharpen its launch policyIndia’s PSLV-C40 rocket stands on its launch pad in advance of January’s liftoff. (ISRO Photo) When India’s PSLV…
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SpaceX could try to land rocket in California later this year
Read more →: SpaceX could try to land rocket in California later this yearFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket booster landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX…
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Atos Looks to Improve Satellite Production with New Testing System
Read more →: Atos Looks to Improve Satellite Production with New Testing SystemAerospace technology developer Atos has rolled out its lightweight, compact Protection Unit for Satellite Testing (ProUST) univerSAS satellite…
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Yahsat CEO Wants in on the Mobile Internet-of-Things Market
Read more →: Yahsat CEO Wants in on the Mobile Internet-of-Things MarketYahsat’s recent acquisition of mobile satellite operator Thuraya gave the company a fleet of five satellite, a wealth…
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Inmarsat on New EchoStar Bid: “Very Significantly Undervalued”
Read more →: Inmarsat on New EchoStar Bid: “Very Significantly Undervalued”British mobile satellite operator Inmarsat has rejected a 2.45 billion pound ($3.2 billion) bid from U.S.-based satellite group…
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Virgin Galactic signs onto a deal to bring spaceflights to future spaceport in Italy
Read more →: Virgin Galactic signs onto a deal to bring spaceflights to future spaceport in ItalyVirgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, known as VSS Unity, is hooked onto its WhiteKnightTwo carrier airplane at Mojave…
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DigitalGlobe Taps Retired Air Force Colonel to Lead Defense Programs
Read more →: DigitalGlobe Taps Retired Air Force Colonel to Lead Defense ProgramsDigitalGlobe has appointed U.S. Air Force Col. (Ret.) Mike Edwards vice president and senior advisor for defense programs,…
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Astroscale Cuts the Ribbon on its First Ground Station
Read more →: Astroscale Cuts the Ribbon on its First Ground StationJapanese space debris-removal company Astroscale has established its first ground station in Totsuka, Yokohama, the company announced July…
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ISRO conducts abort test on prototype crew capsule
Read more →: ISRO conducts abort test on prototype crew capsuleVideo Playerhttp://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pat_test_video.mp4.mp400:0000:0001:39Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Video credit: ISRO India’s space agency tested a…
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SpaceX, ULA near-term manifests take shape, SpaceX aims for 1st RTLS at Vandenberg
Read more →: SpaceX, ULA near-term manifests take shape, SpaceX aims for 1st RTLS at VandenbergWith the first half of 2018 in the books, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance’s near term launch manifests…
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NASA’s Kepler probe suspends planet hunt to download data as fuel runs near empty
Read more →: NASA’s Kepler probe suspends planet hunt to download data as fuel runs near emptyNews Brief: NASA has hit the pause button on observations by its most prolific planet-hunting probe, the Kepler…