Satellite News

Orbcomm Inc. announced that the first prototype of Orbcomm’s second generation (OG2) of satellites has completed testing and was shipped from Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Integration and Test Facility in Louisville, Colorado, and arrived at the launch site in Cape Canaveral.
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Emcore Corporation has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by Orbital Sciences Corporation for NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission targeted for launch in early 2016.
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The undocking of ATV-3 from the International Space Station late last night was postponed due to an incorrect command. During operations ATV-3 performed perfectly in line with its pre-defined measures.
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L-3 Communications announced that it has been awarded a US$24 million contract to deliver communications units for NASA’s Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles (C2V2) programme.
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