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Archive for October, 2014

Intelsat General to study commercialisation of satellite control network

October 22nd, 2014 by

Intelsat General Corp. (IGC) said it is one of four companies awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) to study the viability of using commercial facilities and operations expertise for the tracking, telemetry and command (TT&C) of government satellites.

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The Boeing Company (Defense, Space & Security) results Q3 2014

October 22nd, 2014 by

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the third-quarter 2014.

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (Aerospace Systems) results Q3 2014

October 22nd, 2014 by

Northrop Grumman Corporation reported third quarter 2014 financial results.

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Proton lifts off with Ekspress-AM6 on board

October 21st, 2014 by

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Ekspress-AM6; Date: 21 October 2014, 1509 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Payload separation from the upper stage was to occur approx. nine hours after lift-off [too late for this issue].

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Lockheed Martin Corporation (Space Systems) results Q3 2014

October 21st, 2014 by

Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the third quarter 2014.

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…and yet another Yaogan launch

October 20th, 2014 by

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Yaogan 22; Date: 20 October 2014, 0631 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was put into a 1196 km x 1208 km x 100 degrees solar-synchronous orbit.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide power, propulsion for 2020 Mars rover

October 20th, 2014 by

Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to supply the thrusters that would help land the next rover on Mars after it is launched in 2020.

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Russia to launch 9 military communications satellites by 2020

October 20th, 2014 by

The Russian military will launch nine new communications satellites by 2020, a senior military commander was quoted as saying.

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