Lockheed Martin financial results Q2 2016
July 19th, 2016 by
Lockheed Martin reported financial results for the second quarter 2016.
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July 19th, 2016 by
Lockheed Martin reported financial results for the second quarter 2016.
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July 19th, 2016 by
According to Euroconsult’s latest report, Trends & Prospects for Emerging Space Programs, 24 countries are identified as emerging space programmes (ESPs) in 2015 having launched a total of 69 satellites in the last 20 years.
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July 18th, 2016 by
Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress MS-03 [Progress 64]; Date: 16 July 2016, 2141 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit.
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July 18th, 2016 by
Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon; Date: 18 July 2016, 0445 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The cargo vessel was placed in a 204 km x 355 km x 51.7 degrees orbit approx. 10 minutes after lift-off.
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July 18th, 2016 by
Following a successful NASA management review on 7 July, the Solar Probe Plus mission — which will send a spacecraft on several data-collecting runs through the Sun’s atmosphere — is moving into the system assembly, integration, test and launch stage of the project.
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July 18th, 2016 by
NASA has selected five U.S. aerospace companies to conduct concept studies for a potential future Mars orbiter mission. Such a mission would continue key capabilities including telecommunications and global high-resolution imaging.
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July 15th, 2016 by
After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in the summer of 2020 and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021. [And yes, then there will finally be a microphone on the Martian surface.–Ed.]
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July 15th, 2016 by
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has signed a four year contract with a ceiling of EUR31 million to provide Radarsat-2 information to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).
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