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Archive for June, 2014

IDEAS+ wins contract to support ESA EO missions

June 17th, 2014 by

Telespazio VEGA UK, together with the international consortium IDEAS+, has been awarded a contract to monitor the quality of Earth Observation (EO) data from European Space Agency (ESA) satellites and selected third party missions.

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New GLONASS satellite in orbit

June 16th, 2014 by

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat; Payload:GLONASS-M 55;…Read more

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Delay of the day: Falcon 9/Orbcomm OG2 (yet again)

June 16th, 2014 by

The launch of six Orbcomm satellites aboard a…Read more

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Airbus Group and Safran to join forces in launcher activities

June 16th, 2014 by

Airbus Group and Safran said they are further…Read more

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China puts FY-3C into operation

June 13th, 2014 by

On 10 June, the meteorological satellite Fengyun-3C has been put into operation officially, replacing FY-3A in a morning orbit and complementing FY-2B in an afternoon orbit.

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ViaSat demonstrates in-flight network switching

June 13th, 2014 by

In-flight network switching between a U.S. Government Ka-band Wideband Global SATCOM satellite and a commercial Ka-band satellite has been successfully demonstrated by ViaSat Inc.

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Intelsat and SpeedCast join forces

June 13th, 2014 by

Intelsat S.A. announced that it has established strategic agreement to provide access to its global C- and Ku-band broadband mobility network to SpeedCast, a satellite communications and maritime service provider.

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SSL-built AsiaSat 8 delivered to Cape Canaveral launch base

June 12th, 2014 by

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. announced that AsiaSat 8 has arrived at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will be launched aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle by SpaceX.

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