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Goodrich Corporation, the prime contractor for the ORS-1 (Operationally Responsive Space) satellite, said it has successfully completed all of the major programme milestones and the spacecraft has been delivered to NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia, for launch aboard a Minotaur 1 on 29 June (0028 UTC).
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Mission managers for NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suspended operation of the Cassini plasma spectrometer instrument on 14 June after a series of voltage shifts on the spacecraft. They will determine when the instrument can resume collecting data.
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NASA issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking proposals for mission concept studies of a solar electric propulsion system demonstration to test and validate key capabilities and technologies for future exploration missions.
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Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems said it is completing ground control segments for the Amos-5 and Telkom-3 satellites in Israel and Indonesia.
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Euroconsult said in a new report on mobile satellite services (MSS) that continued demand in a wide range of applications and geographic markets over the coming decade will drive growth in the sector.
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Sitting down with the whole family in front of the television set for an evening together is a serious part of the American entertainment experience. After all, in a world of quickly changing technology and more time spent isolated in front of computer monitors, nothing is quite as unifying as one of the major pastimes of enjoying movies, shows, and serious documentaries together. Whether it’s knowing where one was watching a particularly important newscast or simply remembering happy holidays spent with the whole family watching a classic, television has mattered for a long time, even before the fancy options like HDTV made it even more integral to one’s fun times. And if anything has made a major change in how people experience their entertainment, it’s definitely satellite TV.
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These days, a lot of Americans are interested in starting their own businesses, but they don’t have a creative idea to go off of. Many people have the business skills that are required to keep costs low and be profitable, but without a good idea, their technical knowhow won’t get them very far at all. There are all kinds of intensive practices that people use to try to become more creative with their thinking, but many people find that one of the better ways to expand their ideas is to simply watch satellite TV. Watching that kind of programming gives people access to all kinds of weird and unique things they’ve never thought of before.Other Posts:First pan-African satellite shipped to KourouCreditors give WorldSpace one more month to payTelstra Orders $3.5 Million Iridium-Based Systems from Beam CommunicationsArmy Orders Mobile Satellite Devices From ComtechNPOESS Space Segment Critical Design Audit completedSES operates under […]