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Archive for April 12th, 2016

Atlas V to launch Bigelow Aerospace B330 expandable module

April 12th, 2016 by

Bigelow Aerospace (BA) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced they are partnering to develop and deploy habitable volumes in Low Earth orbit (LEO).

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Intelsat 1st customer for Orbital ATK’s satellite life extension service

April 12th, 2016 by

Orbital ATK, Inc. announced that Intelsat, S.A. has signed a contract to become the first customer for Orbital ATK’s new satellite life extension service.

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Airbus DS wins contract for NISAR solid state recorder

April 12th, 2016 by

Airbus Defence and Space will supply its latest generation Solid State Recorder for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, slated for launch in 2020. The contract was recently signed between Airbus Defence and Space and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Surrey and Bridgesat to develop satellite optical communications solution

April 12th, 2016 by

Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC and BridgeSat Inc. announced a partnership to work towards developing a free-space optical communications system that will provide secure data downlinks from satellites to a proprietary ground network at faster speeds than equivalent radio frequency solutions.

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