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MaxLinear Acquires Entropic for $287 Million
Read more →: MaxLinear Acquires Entropic for $287 Million[Via Satellite 02-04-2015] MaxLinear has agreed to purchase semi-conductor solutions manufacturer Entropic, with unanimous approval from both boards…
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Orbital Sciences Adds All-Electric Capability to GEOStar 3 with Aerojet Rocketdyne Thrusters
Read more →: Orbital Sciences Adds All-Electric Capability to GEOStar 3 with Aerojet Rocketdyne Thrusters[Via Satellite 02-04-2015] Orbital Sciences will use Aerojet Rocketdyne’s XR-5 Hall thrusters on its newest satellite bus, the…
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NASA’s Pluto probe takes new pictures of target
Read more →: NASA’s Pluto probe takes new pictures of targetA view of Pluto and its moon Charon from the New Horizons spacecraft’s LORRI camera. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI Less…
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DOD Budget Request Ups Competition for Fewer Dollars in Space Projects
Read more →: DOD Budget Request Ups Competition for Fewer Dollars in Space Projects[Via Satellite 02-04-2015] In the recently released budget request for Fiscal Year 2016, the United States Department of…
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Photos: ESA re-entry testbed prepared for liftoff
Read more →: Photos: ESA re-entry testbed prepared for liftoffEngineers have put the finishing touches on a prototype spaceship representing a leap in European space technology, aiming…
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NSR Report Finds Satellite Opportunities in the Energy Market Remain Strong
Read more →: NSR Report Finds Satellite Opportunities in the Energy Market Remain Strong[Via Satellite 02-03-2015] The latest edition of NSR’s Energy Markets via Satellite report has found that, although near-term…
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NASA presses Congress for more commercial crew funding
Read more →: NASA presses Congress for more commercial crew fundingNASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to reporters during a Jan. 26 press conference at the Johnson Space Center…
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Aging Mars rover could be shut down
Read more →: Aging Mars rover could be shut downThe Opportunity Mars acquired images for this self-portrait mosaic in March 2014. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ. NASA’s…
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Turksat Grows Satellite Services Through Hughes Jupiter HTS Ground System
Read more →: Turksat Grows Satellite Services Through Hughes Jupiter HTS Ground System[Via Satellite 02-03-2015] Hughes Europe has signed an agreement with Turksat to deliver its Jupiter High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) ground…
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NOAA space weather sentinel joined with Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: NOAA space weather sentinel joined with Falcon 9 rocketThe Deep Space Climate Observatory is pictured inside the Astrotech satellite processing facility in Titusville, Florida. One half…
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Eutelsat’s Mark Rawlins Elected Chairman of Space Data Association
Read more →: Eutelsat’s Mark Rawlins Elected Chairman of Space Data AssociationMark Rawlins, SDA chairman. Photo: Radical Moves PR [Via Satellite 02-03-2015] Mark Rawlins, director of communication system operations…
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Speedcast Brings Maritime Communications to Gearbulk Vessles
Read more →: Speedcast Brings Maritime Communications to Gearbulk Vessles[Via Satellite 02-03-2015] Telecommunications provider SpeedCast International has been awarded a multi-year communications contract from shipping services company,…