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Archive for May 26th, 2016

Delay of the day:Falcon 9/Thaicom 8

May 26th, 2016 by

Lift-off of a SpaceX Falcon 9 with Thaicom 8 on board did not take place as scheduled at 2140 UTC.

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Bolivia takes over operations of Chinese-built satellite

May 26th, 2016 by

Bolivian personnel have taken over the operations of the country’s Chinese-built Tupac Katari satellite.

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Deep Space Industries, SFL to provide satellites for HawkEye 360

May 26th, 2016 by

HawkEye 360, Inc., a subsidiary of Allied Minds, announced that it has selected Deep Space Industries and its sub-contractor, the University of Toronto Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), as the manufacturer for its Pathfinder small satellite cluster. Deep Space Industries has also chosen to participate in HawkEye 360’s first preferred financing round.

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Planetary Resources plans Earth observation capability

May 26th, 2016 by

Planetary Resources, Inc. announced that it has secured US$21.1 million in Series A funding. The capital will be used to deploy and operate Ceres, an advanced Earth observation business that features the first commercial infrared and hyperspectral sensor platform. Earth observation will be another aspect of Planetary Resources’ operations in addition to prospecting and mining asteroids, the company said.

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NASA and Bigelow Aerospace analysing BEAM status

May 26th, 2016 by

An attempt to inflate the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) docked to the International Space Station has failed.

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SES to take over O3b Networks

May 26th, 2016 by

SES S.A. announced that it is launching a capital raising to fund the acquisition of the remaining shares in O3b Networks. As a result, SES will own 100% of O3b Networks, a satellite operator with a constellation of 12 High Throughput Satellites (HTS) at Medium Earth Orbit (MEO).

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Eurovision steps up capacity on 4 Eutelsat satellites

May 26th, 2016 by

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Eutelsat Communications announced the signature of capacity contracts on four Eutelsat satellites. The capacity will be used to carry live broadcast signals of flagship events in the sports calendar.

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