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Arianespace Soyuz ST-B in troubling Galileo launch
Read more →: Arianespace Soyuz ST-B in troubling Galileo launchAn Arianespace Soyuz ST-B launched two Galileo satellites from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Friday. However,…
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Airbus-Built Sentinel 2A Satellite Enters Environmental Testing
Read more →: Airbus-Built Sentinel 2A Satellite Enters Environmental Testing[Via Satellite 08-22-2014] Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the Sentinel 2A Earth Observation (EO) satellite to IABG,…
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DSSP Soon to Test ‘Holy Grail’ of Propulsion Systems
Read more →: DSSP Soon to Test ‘Holy Grail’ of Propulsion Systems[Via Satellite 08-22-2014] Digital Solid State Propulsion (DSSP) is nearing the long awaited test of its Electrically controlled…
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Sea Launch Scaling Back Amid Manifest Gap
Read more →: Sea Launch Scaling Back Amid Manifest Gap[Via Satellite 08-22-2014] Sea Launch is reducing its head count among staff at both its Nyon, Switzerland headquarters…
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Hispasat to Provide Telecom Services for Vuelta a España Cycling Race
Read more →: Hispasat to Provide Telecom Services for Vuelta a España Cycling Race[Via Satellite 08-22-2014] Hispasat is providing two mobile units equipped with satellite transmission systems to provide satellite communications…
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Arianespace Soyuz Launches Twin Galileo GPS Satellites
Read more →: Arianespace Soyuz Launches Twin Galileo GPS Satellites**Update: On Saturday Aug. 23, 2014, Arianespace discovered that the satellites were injected into the wrong orbit. Further…
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Mitsubishi Electric Finishes Himawari 8 Satellite
Read more →: Mitsubishi Electric Finishes Himawari 8 Satellite[Via Satellite 08-22-2014] Mitsubishi Electric has completed the manufacturing of Himawari 8, a geostationary weather satellite for the…
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Airbus Defence and Space Begins Newtec-Enabled Terralink Service
Read more →: Airbus Defence and Space Begins Newtec-Enabled Terralink Service[Via Satellite 08-21-2014] Airbus Defence and Space is growing its Terralink satellite connectivity service for enterprise users. The…
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ViaSat Rolls Out ‘Virtually Unlimited’ Exede Service in Alaska, Hawaii and Florida
Read more →: ViaSat Rolls Out ‘Virtually Unlimited’ Exede Service in Alaska, Hawaii and Florida[Via Satellite 08-21-2014] ViaSat has begun initial offerings of its “virtually unlimited” satellite broadband service in Alaska, Hawaii…
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NSA Certifies Harris Corp’s Manpack for Top Secret Missions
Read more →: NSA Certifies Harris Corp’s Manpack for Top Secret Missions[Via Satellite 08-21-2014] The National Security Agency (NSA) has granted Type 1 certification for Harris Corporation’s Falcon 3…
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NanoSpace Building Large Electric Propulsion Thruster
Read more →: NanoSpace Building Large Electric Propulsion Thruster[Via Satellite 08-21-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected NanoSpace, an SSC company, to build a bigger…
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Firefly Space Systems Partners with TACC and ANSYS on Rocket Simulations
Read more →: Firefly Space Systems Partners with TACC and ANSYS on Rocket Simulations[Via Satellite 08-21-2014] Small satellite launch company Firefly Space Systems has teamed up with Texas Advanced Computing Center…