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NOAA Selects GeoOptics and Spire for Commercial Weather Satellite Data Purchase
Read more →: NOAA Selects GeoOptics and Spire for Commercial Weather Satellite Data Purchase[Via Satellite 09-16-2016] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded GeoOptics and Spire data purchase contracts under…
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Satellite Manufacturers Bet on Software to Redefine Production
Read more →: Satellite Manufacturers Bet on Software to Redefine Production[Via Satellite 09-16-2016] Satellite manufacturers anticipate that flexible, software-defined spacecraft will be easier to produce than today’s highly…
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DLR’s BIROS Satellite Successfully Releases BEESAT 4 Picosatellite Into Space
Read more →: DLR’s BIROS Satellite Successfully Releases BEESAT 4 Picosatellite Into Space[Via Satellite 09-16-2016] The Bi-Spectral Infrared Optical System (BRIOS) fire detection satellite developed and built by the German…
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Astronomers round up the unusual suspects for ‘alien megastructure’ star
Read more →: Astronomers round up the unusual suspects for ‘alien megastructure’ starThis illustration shows a star behind a shattered comet. (Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech) That mysterious “alien megastructure” star…
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ILS Announces New Proton Line of Cost-Effective Launch Vehicles
Read more →: ILS Announces New Proton Line of Cost-Effective Launch Vehicles[Via Satellite 09-16-2016] International Launch Services (ILS) has announced a product line extension of the Proton Breeze M…
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Vega rocket hauls up quintet of Earth observation satellites
Read more →: Vega rocket hauls up quintet of Earth observation satellitesThe Vega rocket blasted off at 0143:35 GMT Friday (9:43:35 p.m. EDT; 10:43:35 p.m. French Guiana time Thursday)…
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China’s Tiangong 2 space lab successfully blasts off
Read more →: China’s Tiangong 2 space lab successfully blasts offThe Tiangong 2 space lab launched at 1404 GMT (10:04 a.m. EDT; 10:04 p.m. Beijing time) Thursday on…
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Vega launches with Peru Sat-1 & SkySat 4, 5, 6, 7 payload
Read more →: Vega launches with Peru Sat-1 & SkySat 4, 5, 6, 7 payloadArianespace were in action on Thursday, with the launch of a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center…
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First map from Europe’s Gaia satellite charts a billion stars in our Milky Way
Read more →: First map from Europe’s Gaia satellite charts a billion stars in our Milky WayThis composite image shows an all-sky view of stars in our Milky Way galaxy, plus neighboring galaxies. Click…
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For Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos gets Heinlein Prize and a sword – then gives away $250K
Read more →: For Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos gets Heinlein Prize and a sword – then gives away $250KJeff Bezos (center) shows off a sword that serves as part of the Heinlein Prize, as XPRIZE co-founder…
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Atlas 5 launch postponed by wildfire, Range availability until Sept. 26
Read more →: Atlas 5 launch postponed by wildfire, Range availability until Sept. 26(Launch webcast begins at 11:05 a.m. PDT / 2:05 p.m. EDT / 1805 GMT) Mission Status Center Live…
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Inmarsat Inks Contract to Deliver Aviation Safety Services in China
Read more →: Inmarsat Inks Contract to Deliver Aviation Safety Services in China[Via Satellite 09-15-2016] Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company (MCN) and Aviation Data Communication Corporation (ADCC) have contracted…