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Comet lander’s batteries near exhaustion
Read more →: Comet lander’s batteries near exhaustionSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Comet from 40 meters. Credit: Copyright ESA/Rosetta/Philae/ROLIS/DLR…
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Lander manager says Philae is doing well but battery life is low
Read more →: Lander manager says Philae is doing well but battery life is lowThe lander project manager Stephan Ulamec says tremendous science has been collected during Philae’s short time on the…
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Long March 2C conducts surprise Yaogan-23 launch
Read more →: Long March 2C conducts surprise Yaogan-23 launchThe Chinese have conducted another surprise launch, once again with a new satellite in the Yaogan Weixing series.…
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General Dynamics Building Ground Stations for Canadian Access to WGS Constellation
Read more →: General Dynamics Building Ground Stations for Canadian Access to WGS Constellation[Via Satellite 11-14-2014] General Dynamics Canada has received a contract worth more than $52 million for the Mercury…
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DirecTV Begins Offering 4K Programs with Exclusive Samsung Partnership
Read more →: DirecTV Begins Offering 4K Programs with Exclusive Samsung Partnership[Via Satellite 11-14-2014] DirecTV has teamed up with Samsung to begin offering 4K content. Beginning today, customers with…
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iN Demand Extends Capacity Agreement on SES’ AMC 1 Satellite
Read more →: iN Demand Extends Capacity Agreement on SES’ AMC 1 Satellite[Via Satellite 11-14-2014] United States-based pay-per-view provider iN Demand has renewed its agreement with SES for C-band capacity…
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Philae wins battle to send key data ahead battery depletion
Read more →: Philae wins battle to send key data ahead battery depletionESA’s Philae lander battled against the odds on Friday, transmitting key scientific data before its batteries were depleted.…
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China Plans to Launch about 120 Applied Satellites
Read more →: China Plans to Launch about 120 Applied SatellitesZHUHAI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — China will launch around 120 more applied satellites to accommodate economic and social…
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China vows more global cooperation in aviation & aerospace
Read more →: China vows more global cooperation in aviation & aerospaceVice President Li Yuanchao said in Zhuhai on Monday that China will cooperate with other countries to jointly…
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Researchers race to collect comet data from Philae
Read more →: Researchers race to collect comet data from PhilaeArtist’s concept of the Philae lander. Credit: ESA DARMSTADT, Germany — Comet scientists planned to send up new orders…
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Photos: Orion’s rollout to the pad
Read more →: Photos: Orion’s rollout to the padOn Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, NASA’s next-generation Orion crew capsule made a six-hour trek from a processing…
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Mission scientist reacts to historic first images from the surface of a comet
Read more →: Mission scientist reacts to historic first images from the surface of a cometRosetta mission scientist Matt Taylor says the science team is jubilant after the Philae lander captured the historic,…