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SpaceX eyes Dec. 19 for first launch since June
Read more →: SpaceX eyes Dec. 19 for first launch since JuneFile photo of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is targeting Dec. 19 for a critical commercial…
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With widespread salts and ices, Ceres in a class of its own
Read more →: With widespread salts and ices, Ceres in a class of its ownThe dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be a world with untold wonders, with vivid bright spots likely…
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O3b Networks Raises $460 Million for Eight Additional Satellites
Read more →: O3b Networks Raises $460 Million for Eight Additional Satellites[Via Satellite 12-10-2015] O3b Networks has closed $460 million in incremental financing, the company announced Dec. 10, which the…
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Planet X? Probably not, but ALMA telescope array’s readings stir up debate
Read more →: Planet X? Probably not, but ALMA telescope array’s readings stir up debateAn artist’s conception shows the dwarf planet Eris. Astronomers say an even larger world may exist on the…
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Three space station fliers set for landing Friday
Read more →: Three space station fliers set for landing FridaySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko and Japanese…
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Soyuz TMA-17M trio return back to Earth
Read more →: Soyuz TMA-17M trio return back to EarthExpedition 45 crewmembers Oleg Kononenko, Kimiya Yui, and Kjell Lindgren have completed their journey home to Earth on…
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Rugged swath of Pluto now resolved in color
Read more →: Rugged swath of Pluto now resolved in colorA cosmic shoreline is pictured here, where the vast icy plain informally named Sputnik Planum borders rugged mountains…
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Maridive Group Upgrades Vessels to Marlink’s VSAT WaveCall Plus
Read more →: Maridive Group Upgrades Vessels to Marlink’s VSAT WaveCall Plus[Via Satellite 12-10-2015] Maridive Group, an Egypt-based international offshore marine and oil support services provider, has chosen to…
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SSL Awarded NASA Contract for Robotic Satellite Assembly
Read more →: SSL Awarded NASA Contract for Robotic Satellite Assembly[Via Satellite 12-10-2015] NASA has selected Space Systems Loral (SSL) through its Tipping Point initiative to develop on-orbit robotic…
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Ooredoo, Es’hailSat Team up for New VSAT Services
Read more →: Ooredoo, Es’hailSat Team up for New VSAT Services[Via Satellite 12-09-2015] Qatari companies Ooredoo and Es’hailSat have signed a large development and collaboration agreement to work…
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U.S. resupply of space station successfully resumes
Read more →: U.S. resupply of space station successfully resumesCredit: Roscosmos CAPE CANAVERAL — The astronauts living aboard the International Space Station snagged a free-flying commercial cargo…
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Latest Global Positioning System satellite goes live
Read more →: Latest Global Positioning System satellite goes liveCredit: Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — The newest Global Positioning System replenishment satellite went into operation Tuesday night, five…