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Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-17M [Progress 48P]; Date: 31 October 2012, 0741 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The cargo vessel docked to the International Space Station on 1333 UTC, less than six hours after lift-off.Other Posts:IRC Selects Telenor Satellite Services for Satellite Communication ServicesIt’s changing in the big skyWhipping Up a Great Meal With Satellite TVSee the World’s Wild Wonders on Satellite TVGive Your Employees a Break With Satellite TVGOCE fully operational againNASA Selects technology concepts for study under NIACRaytheon executes recovery and delivery of weather satellite data via Antarctica
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The U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Space Operations Squadron recently accepted satellite control authority of its third Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite.Other Posts:IRC Selects Telenor Satellite Services for Satellite Communication ServicesIt’s changing in the big skyWhipping Up a Great Meal With Satellite TVSee the World’s Wild Wonders on Satellite TVGive Your Employees a Break With Satellite TVGOCE fully operational againNASA Selects technology concepts for study under NIACRaytheon executes recovery and delivery of weather satellite data via Antarctica
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to develop affordable design concepts for next generation Protected Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM).Other Posts:IRC Selects Telenor Satellite Services for Satellite Communication ServicesIt’s changing in the big skyWhipping Up a Great Meal With Satellite TVSee the World’s Wild Wonders on Satellite TVGive Your Employees a Break With Satellite TVGOCE fully operational againNASA Selects technology concepts for study under NIACRaytheon executes recovery and delivery of weather satellite data via Antarctica
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NASA said it has has tapped a team of aerospace, military and academic researchers for a three-year project that could dramatically improve in-flight navigation capabilities for space vehicles, military air and sea assets and commercial vehicles.Other Posts:IRC Selects Telenor Satellite Services for Satellite Communication ServicesIt’s changing in the big skyWhipping Up a Great Meal With Satellite TVSee the World’s Wild Wonders on Satellite TVGive Your Employees a Break With Satellite TVGOCE fully operational againNASA Selects technology concepts for study under NIACRaytheon executes recovery and delivery of weather satellite data via Antarctica
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Interorbital Systems recently conducted the first hot-firing test of the company’s Neptune rocket series main engine, the IOS GPRE 7.5KNTA (General Purpose Rocket Engine; 7,500lb-thrust; Nitric Acid; Turpentine; Ablative cooling).
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and the non-profit B612 Foundation have signed a contract for Ball to create prototype infrared imaging sensors for the Sentinel Mission, a deep space mission to protect Earth by providing early warning of threatening asteroids.
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Cobham plc has established a new strategic business unit (SBU) – Cobham SATCOM – that combines all of the Group’s satellite communications businesses into one organisation, following the successful acquisition and integration of Danish satcom company Thrane & Thrane earlier this year.
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Honeywell and Inmarsat PLC have agreed to make Honeywell the exclusive wireless airtime reseller for Inmarsat Global Xpress Ka-band aircraft connectivity services and hardware for business aviation jet customers.
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