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Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next spaceflight will test parachute failure
Read more →: Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next spaceflight will test parachute failureBlue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule descends on the end of its parachute system during an uncrewed test…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Thaicom 8 and nails another ASDS landing
Read more →: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Thaicom 8 and nails another ASDS landingSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its twenty-fifth flight – and its second of the month – on Friday,…
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Stressing caution, SpaceX delays commercial satellite launch
Read more →: Stressing caution, SpaceX delays commercial satellite launchPhoto credit: SpaceX SpaceX scrubbed a launch Thursday to investigate a “tiny glitch” in an upper stage engine…
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Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners focus on Earth observation with $21 million in new funding
Read more →: Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners focus on Earth observation with $21 million in new fundingPlanetary Resources’ Chris Lewicki and GeekWire’s Alan Boyle mug for the camera behind two Arkyd 6 satellites being…
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NASA calls off inflation of experimental station habitat
Read more →: NASA calls off inflation of experimental station habitatMission control used this grid to chart the progress of BEAM’s expansion. Credit: NASA TV Mission control halted…
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Eurovision Leases Capacity Across Four Eutelsat Satellites
Read more →: Eurovision Leases Capacity Across Four Eutelsat Satellites[Via Satellite 05-26-2016] The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) signed new contracts for capacity on four Eutelsat satellites. The…
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KT Skylife Buys Ericsson Encoders for Satellite Ultra-HD
Read more →: KT Skylife Buys Ericsson Encoders for Satellite Ultra-HD[Via Satellite 05-26-2016] South Korean satellite pay-TV provider KT SkyLife has purchased Ericsson‘s High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)…
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Avanti Awarded Long Term Contract from Sematron, Will Support Broadcast with Ka-band
Read more →: Avanti Awarded Long Term Contract from Sematron, Will Support Broadcast with Ka-band[Via Satellite 05-25-2016] Avanti Communications has entered a new, long-term contract with Sematron. Based in the United Kingdom…
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SCS AG Signs Earth Observation Contract with UrtheCast
Read more →: SCS AG Signs Earth Observation Contract with UrtheCast[Via Satellite 05-25-2016] South Africa-based Space Commercial Services Aerospace Group (SCS AG) has acquired the imagery distribution rights…
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SpaceX ‘on track’ to launch astronauts in late 2017
Read more →: SpaceX ‘on track’ to launch astronauts in late 2017Artist’s concept of the Crew Dragon spacecraft in orbit. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is on schedule to fly two…
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On this date…Crew launched to fix Skylab
Read more →: On this date…Crew launched to fix SkylabWATCH: The first crew to inhabit Skylab — Conrad, Weitz and Kerwin — launched today in 1973 for…
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Falcon 9 sails through customary preflight engine firing
Read more →: Falcon 9 sails through customary preflight engine firingA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its nine kerosene-fueled Merlin engines on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral…