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Archive for October 6th, 2016

Orbital to supply Stratolaunch with Pegasus XL rockets

October 6th, 2016 by

Orbital ATK, Inc. said the company and Stratolaunch Systems have embarked on a multi-year production-based partnership that will offer significant cost advantages to air-launch customers.

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Two healthy satellites after Ariane 5 launch

October 6th, 2016 by

Both satellites launched aboard an Ariane 5 on 5 October are healthy and have begun post-launch manoeuvres.

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Precise Point Positioning via EGNOS

October 6th, 2016 by

French space agency CNES and Thales Alenia Space conducted a demonstration under real conditions in July 2016 that will bring significant new evolutions to the satellite navigation market, the company said. The demonstration was designed to validate the performance of Precise Point Positioning (PPP), a new technology operated via the EGNOS satnav augmentation service.

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