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Long March 11 rocket delivers five commercial satellites to orbit
Read more →: Long March 11 rocket delivers five commercial satellites to orbitA Long March 11 rocket lifts off Thursday from the Jiuquan launch base. Credit: CALT Five commercial Chinese…
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Eutelsat Appoints New CEO to Head Broadband in Africa
Read more →: Eutelsat Appoints New CEO to Head Broadband in AfricaEutelsat Communications has finalized the staffing of its teams in charge of broadband activities with the appointment of…
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Animated GIF shows ‘snow’ on Rosetta’s comet – and sends chills around the world
Read more →: Animated GIF shows ‘snow’ on Rosetta’s comet – and sends chills around the worldAn image from the Rosetta probe shows the Cliffs of Hathor on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Specks and streaks cover…
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Thuraya to be Acquired by Yahsat
Read more →: Thuraya to be Acquired by YahsatYahsat has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the mobile satellite services operator Thuraya.…
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SES Serves Reaches 4 Million TV Homes in Ghana, Yahlive Viewerships Grows to 10 Million in North Africa
Read more →: SES Serves Reaches 4 Million TV Homes in Ghana, Yahlive Viewerships Grows to 10 Million in North AfricaSES has expanded its technical reach in Ghana and now serves 4 million TV homes, compared to 2…
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NanoAvionics to Integrate, Launch Lacuna Space’s IOT System
Read more →: NanoAvionics to Integrate, Launch Lacuna Space’s IOT SystemNanoAvionics has signed a contract with Lacuna Space to support its in-orbit demonstration of an Internet of Things…
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Europe’s Trace Gas Orbiter sends its first color picture of Mars – and it’s spectacular
Read more →: Europe’s Trace Gas Orbiter sends its first color picture of Mars – and it’s spectacularAn image from the CaSSIS camera on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter shows the rim of Korolev Crater…
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Lift-off: Sentinel-3B Join its Twin Sentinel-3A in Orbit
Read more →: Lift-off: Sentinel-3B Join its Twin Sentinel-3A in OrbitThe seventh Sentinel satellite from the European Earth observation program Copernicus has been placed into space following the…
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Northrop Grumman Will Not Bid for GPS 3, Reports Solid First Quarter
Read more →: Northrop Grumman Will Not Bid for GPS 3, Reports Solid First QuarterNorthrop Grumman opened its fiscal year 2018 on Wednesday with solid results, driven by improved operating performance, lower…
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DirecTV Loses 188,000 Satellite Customers, but OTT Subscribers Are Streaming In
Read more →: DirecTV Loses 188,000 Satellite Customers, but OTT Subscribers Are Streaming InDirecTV continues to lose satellite TV subscribers, but its streaming service has grown to nearly 1.5 million subscribers,…
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Gaia probe maps the comings and goings of galaxy’s stars – and scientists go gaga
Read more →: Gaia probe maps the comings and goings of galaxy’s stars – and scientists go gagaA newly released image from the European Space Agency’s Gaia star-mapping mission shows a full-sky view of our…
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NASA’s new planet-hunting satellite begins climb into science orbit
Read more →: NASA’s new planet-hunting satellite begins climb into science orbitArtist’s illustration of TESS in space. Credit: NASA/Goddard Looping back near Earth for the first time since its…