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Archive for April 10th, 2019

Intelsat loses contact with its 29e satellite

April 10th, 2019 by

Intelsat said it lost communication with its Intelsat 29e satellite, made by Boeing Co., that continues to affect wireless operator, aeronautical and maritime customers in the North Atlantic, Latin America and Caribbean regions.

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BlackSky completes Global-1 and -2 on-orbit milestones

April 10th, 2019 by

BlackSky, a provider of geospatial intelligence, satellite imaging, and global monitoring services, announced it has successfully achieved several significant on-orbit milestones of its first two Earth-imaging spacecraft, Global-1 and -2. Demonstrating the full operational performance of the spacecraft, the company showcased several images of economic points of interest taken by the first two smallsats in its high-revisit, Earth-imaging constellation.

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New model accurately predicts harmful space weather

April 10th, 2019 by

A new, first-of-its-kind space weather model reliably predicts space storms of high-energy particles that are harmful to many satellites and spacecraft orbiting in the Earth’s outer radiation belt.

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TESAT, KSAT and GomSpace develop optical communications for smallsats

April 10th, 2019 by

TESAT, KSAT and GomSpace have partnered up to introduce full optical communications capability for new small satellite missions and space-based services.

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