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Atlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flight
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flightCAPE CANAVERAL — Delivering two-and-a-half million pounds of ground-shaking thrust at takeoff, more than any rocket flying from…
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Third Global Xpress Satellite Successfully Launched Aboard Proton Rocket
Read more →: Third Global Xpress Satellite Successfully Launched Aboard Proton Rocket[Via Satellite 08-31-2015] Inmarsat’s third satellite in its Global Xpress (GX) High Throughput Satellite (HTS) constellation launched on…
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Monte Carlo Yachts To Equip Megayachts with KVH’s TracVision TV8 Antennas
Read more →: Monte Carlo Yachts To Equip Megayachts with KVH’s TracVision TV8 Antennas[Via Satellite 08-31-2015] Italian boat manufacturer Monte Carlo Yachts (MCY) has selected KVH Industries’ TracVision TV8 marine satellite…
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Gazprom Space Systems Sets Goal of Filling Fleet by 2016
Read more →: Gazprom Space Systems Sets Goal of Filling Fleet by 2016[Via Satellite 08-31-2015] Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) is intent on filling out its existing fleet…
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Enhanced Cygnus to help Orbital ATK meet CRS contract by 2017
Read more →: Enhanced Cygnus to help Orbital ATK meet CRS contract by 2017The first flight of Orbital ATK’s Enhanced Cygnus resupply craft for the International Space Station is set to…
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China launches Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite
Read more →: China launches Yaogan-27 remote sensing satelliteChina’s Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on last Thursday at 10:31 a.m. Beijing Time, from Taiyuan launch site in Shanxi Province, north China.The satellite will mainly be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention.Yaogan-27 was carried by a Long March-4C rocket, the 207th mission for the Long March rocket family.China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
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Atlas/MUOS 4 launch timeline
Read more →: Atlas/MUOS 4 launch timelineThis is the ascent timeline to be followed by the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in launching…
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Proton back in action with successful launch for Inmarsat
Read more →: Proton back in action with successful launch for InmarsatThe Proton rocket with Inmarsat 5 F3 launched at 1144 GMT (7:44 a.m. EDT) Friday from the Baikonur…
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Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Read more →: Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launchThe Atlas 5 rocket will remain inside assembly building for now. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Plans to…
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Preview: Launch to complete Navy satellite fleet’s reach
Read more →: Preview: Launch to complete Navy satellite fleet’s reachA prior Atlas 5-551 rocket rolls out. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Likened to raising a cellular tower…
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Kratos Awarded $49 Million US Government Satellite Infrastructure Contract
Read more →: Kratos Awarded $49 Million US Government Satellite Infrastructure Contract[Via Satellite 08-28-2015] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ subsidiary RT Logic has received a $49 million firm fixed…
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Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd Appoints New Chairman
Read more →: Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd Appoints New Chairman[Via Satellite 08-28-2015] Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. (GES) has appointed Martin C Faulkes as chairman of its board…