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Archive for July 13th, 2016

ESA contributes EUR10 million to air-breathing rocket engine development

July 13th, 2016 by

Reaction Engines Ltd. has signed a EUR10 million European Space Agency (ESA) contract which will enable the development of a ground based demonstrator of SABRE (Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine), a new class of aerospace engine which is highly scalable with multiple potential applications in hypersonic travel and space access.

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Sentinel-3A passes in-orbit commissioning review

July 13th, 2016 by

The Sentinel-3A satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space and dedicated to environmental monitoring and oceanography, was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on 16 February 2016. It has just passed its in-orbit commissioning review (IOCR), showing that all functions are operating correctly and delivering the specified performance.

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Inmarsat, VT iDirect to develop next generation services

July 13th, 2016 by

13 July 2016: Inmarsat and VT iDirect are forming a joint research & development (R&D) team – i2 – to support the development of the next generation satellite communications (satcom) technologies.

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SmallSats play growing role in remote sensing satellite market

July 13th, 2016 by

With demand for Earth imagery increasing, manufacturers are expected to produce some 1,935 remote sensing satellites over the next 10 years, according to Forecast International.

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