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Archive for August, 2013

NASA selects university teams for new smallsat collaborative projects

August 12th, 2013 by

NASA has selected 13 university teams for…Read more

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Summary of findings released on Proton launch failure to ILS

August 9th, 2013 by

A summary of the findings on the root cause and corrective action plan following the failure of the 2 July Proton M/Block DM mission with three GLONASS navigational satellites for the Russian Federal Government has been released to International Launch Services (ILS) upon being cleared by Russian security.

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New date for inaugural Epsilon flight

August 9th, 2013 by

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to postpone the launch of the first Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-1) with the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) onboard to 27 August 2013.

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Successful berthing of HTV4 to the International Space Station (ISS)

August 9th, 2013 by

The H-II Transfer Vehicle “Kounotori 4″ (HTV4) started its final approach to the International Space Station (ISS), and was captured by the ISS robotic arm at on 9 August . After being manoeuvred by the arm, the HTV4 was successfully berthed to the ISS at 1122 UTC on 10 August.

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Intelsat, Measat reportedly bid for Optus

August 9th, 2013 by

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd has received two offers for its Australian Optus satellite business in the final round of the bidding, news agencies reported.

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ViaSat Inc. results Q1 FY 2014

August 9th, 2013 by

ViaSat Inc. announced its fiscal year 2014 first quarter financial results.

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Orbcomm Inc. results Q2 2013

August 9th, 2013 by

Orbcomm Inc. announced financial results for the second quarter ending 30 June 2013.

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U.S. Air Force awards contract option to SSL

August 9th, 2013 by

Space Systems/Loral announced that it was awarded a contract option by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to continue developing and demonstrating affordable design concepts for next generation Protected Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM).

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