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Archive for October 20th, 2016

Galileo satellites being fuelled

October 20th, 2016 by

Fuelling operations have begun with the four Galileo spacecraft to be orbited next month from French Guiana on Arianespace’s first launch that uses its Ariane 5 in deploying Europe’s constellation of navigation satellites.

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Schiaparelli descent data being analysed

October 20th, 2016 by

Essential data from the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander sent to its mothership Trace Gas Orbiter during the module’s descent to the Red Planet’s surface yesterday has been downlinked to Earth and is currently being analysed by experts.

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Report: satellite capacity pricing in prolonged freefall

October 20th, 2016 by

NSR’s Satellite Capacity Pricing Index, second Edition (Q4 2016), released today, finds satellite capacity pricing in a prolonged freefall for most applications as more supply comes online and HTS offerings proliferate.

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