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SSL Wins Undisclosed LEO Satellite Order
Read more →: SSL Wins Undisclosed LEO Satellite Order[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has received a contract from an undisclosed customer for a Low…
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Soyuz blasts off with environmental satellite, general relativity probe
Read more →: Soyuz blasts off with environmental satellite, general relativity probeThe Soyuz ST-A rocket blasts off from French Guiana Monday with Sentinel 1B, Microscope and three CubeSats. Credit:…
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Hubble Space Telescope spots a moon circling faraway dwarf planet Makemake
Read more →: Hubble Space Telescope spots a moon circling faraway dwarf planet MakemakeAn artist’s conception shows the distant dwarf planet Makemake with its dark moon, MK 2, lurking to the…
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New Russian space base ready for first launch
Read more →: New Russian space base ready for first launchA new $3 billion cosmodrome nestled in the remote taiga wilderness of Russia’s Far East, a sprawling, sparkling…
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Made In Space Taps Northrop Grumman as Subcontractor
Read more →: Made In Space Taps Northrop Grumman as Subcontractor[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Northrop Grumman is serving as subcontractor to Made In Space, a nascent space company developing…
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SpaceX to Launch Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT 14 on May 4
Read more →: SpaceX to Launch Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT 14 on May 4[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Sky Perfect JSAT announced May 4 as the intended launch date for the JCSAT 14…
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Museum-bound shuttle external tank completes transit of Panama Canal
Read more →: Museum-bound shuttle external tank completes transit of Panama CanalThe tank passed the Pedro Miguel Locks on Tuesday. Photo by Panama Canal @thepanamacanal Navigating the 48-mile Panama…
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X2nSat Named First Partner for Thuraya’s North American M2M Service
Read more →: X2nSat Named First Partner for Thuraya’s North American M2M Service[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] X2nSat has become Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator Thuraya’s first service partner for the company’s…
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Arianespace Soyuz Launches Sentinel 1B, Plus Four Additional Payloads to LEO
Read more →: Arianespace Soyuz Launches Sentinel 1B, Plus Four Additional Payloads to LEO[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Arianespace launched a Soyuz rocket April 25 from Kourou, French Guiana, delivering five satellites into…
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Kacific Choses Newtec Dialog for Interim Satellite Service
Read more →: Kacific Choses Newtec Dialog for Interim Satellite Service[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Kacific Broadband Satellites and Newtec have reached an agreement to use Newtec Dialog for powering…
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China’s top astronaut goes to “space camp”
Read more →: China’s top astronaut goes to “space camp”Liu Wang, one of China’s leading astronauts, visited a high school in Beijing on April 22 and shared…
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Photos: Russia’s iconic Soyuz booster fires away from jungle launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Russia’s iconic Soyuz booster fires away from jungle launch padFive satellites rode a Soyuz booster into orbit Monday from French Guiana, and these spectacular photos from Europe’s…