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Last-ditch search finds fresh targets for New Horizons
Read more →: Last-ditch search finds fresh targets for New HorizonsArtist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics…
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Orbital selects future Antares engine, but withholds details
Read more →: Orbital selects future Antares engine, but withholds detailsFile photo of an Antares rocket launch from Wallops Island, Va. Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp. Orbital Sciences Corp.…
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Mars fleet watch Siding Spring Comet flyby
Read more →: Mars fleet watch Siding Spring Comet flybyC/2013 A1, better known as Siding Spring, has buzzed Mars, under the close watch of the international fleet…
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Airbus Defence and Space Awarded $1.65 Billion MetOP-SG Contract
Read more →: Airbus Defence and Space Awarded $1.65 Billion MetOP-SG Contract[Via Satellite 10-17-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to design and build…
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Thales Alenia Space to Build Cosmo Skymed-CSO Interface for $3.2 Million
Read more →: Thales Alenia Space to Build Cosmo Skymed-CSO Interface for $3.2 Million[Via Satellite 10-17-2014] Thales Alenia Space will create a Common Interoperability Layer (CIL) between France’s Composante Spatiale Optique…
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Arianespace Lofts Two LATAM-Focused Satellites
Read more →: Arianespace Lofts Two LATAM-Focused Satellites[Via Satellite 10-17-2014] Arianespace conducted the 62nd successful Ariane 5 launch on the night of Oct. 16, carrying…
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U.S. military’s X-37B space plane lands in California
Read more →: U.S. military’s X-37B space plane lands in CaliforniaThe U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane touches down at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Credit: Boeing The…
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Roscosmos Inspects Construction at Vostochny Cosmodrome
Read more →: Roscosmos Inspects Construction at Vostochny Cosmodrome[Via Satellite 10-17-2014] Oleg Ostapenko, the head of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, recently visited the Vostochny Cosmodrome…
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Orbital Sciences’ Antares to Launch With New Engine in Two to Three Years
Read more →: Orbital Sciences’ Antares to Launch With New Engine in Two to Three Years[Via Satellite 10-17-2016] Orbital Sciences has committed to a new engine for the Antares launch vehicle that it…
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Lockheed Martin Finishes First Geostationary Lightning Mapper for GOES R Satellite
Read more →: Lockheed Martin Finishes First Geostationary Lightning Mapper for GOES R Satellite[Via Satellite 10-17-2014] Lockheed Martin has transferred the first Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument to its Denver Colo.…
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Hispasat to Broadcast OUTtv across Europe
Read more →: Hispasat to Broadcast OUTtv across Europe[Via Satellite 10-16-2014] OUTtv has selected Spanish satellite operator Hispasat to expand its broadcast range throughout Europe. The…
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Ariane 5 rocket to boost satellites for Latin America
Read more →: Ariane 5 rocket to boost satellites for Latin AmericaThe Ariane 5 rocket sits on the ELA-3 launch pad Wednesday evening. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du…