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Archive for May 24th, 2018

Cygnus completes rendezvous, berthing with ISS

May 24th, 2018 by

Orbital ATK announced that the “S.S. J.R. Thompson” Cygnus spacecraft successfully completed its rendezvous and berthing manoeuvres with the International Space Station.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne demos low-cost, high thrust space engine

May 24th, 2018 by

Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed hot-fire testing of a new in-space engine, designated ISE-100.

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Teledyne e2v awarded second phase of PLATO contract

May 24th, 2018 by

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Teledyne e2v, a division of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, with the second phase of a EUR42 million contract to produce high-end Charge Coupled Device (CCD) visible light image sensors for the PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) mission.

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ICEYE raises funding, confirms 9 satellite launches by end of 2019

May 24th, 2018 by

ICEYE, an Earth observation company providing synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) data, announced US$34 million Series B funding led by return investor True Ventures and supported by Draper Network VC funds and others.

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