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Archive for January 20th, 2014

Rosetta comes alive after hibernation

January 20th, 2014 by

The Rosetta spacecraft “woke up” after a record 957 days of hibernation. The first communication from the spacecraft arrived at the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany, at 1818 UTC. The signal was received by a ground station at the Goldstone, California, complex of NASA’s Deep Space Network.

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Energia says 2013 was a good year

January 20th, 2014 by

The Rocket and Space Corporation Energia ended 2013 with good business indicators, its president and general designer Vitaly Lopota was quoted as saying.

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SIS signs long-term deal with SES for Ka-band capacity

January 20th, 2014 by

SES has concluded an agreement with SIS LIVE to provide Ka-band capacity on the Astra 1L satellite located at 19.2 degrees East.

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Commercial satellite imaging market to reach US$ 5 billion by 2019

January 20th, 2014 by

According to a new market report “Commercial Satellite Imaging Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 – 2019,” published by Transparency Market Research, the market for commercial satellite imaging globally is forecast to reach US$5,018.6 million by 2019.

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