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Archive for August 4th, 2017

CGWIC signs CubeSat launch services contract

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China Great Wall Industry Corporation (“CGWIC”) has signed a launch services contract to launch a to its orbit.

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Work on next two GOES satellites continues

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Progress continues on the development of NOAA’s GOES-S and GOES-T spacecraft that will follow the successful launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite or GOES-R, renamed GOES-16 upon reaching geostationary orbit.

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Aerospace Corporation to provide sensor for CubeSat mission

August 4th, 2017 by

The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) has been selected by NASA to provide a sensor for an international CubeSat mission that will study scintillation in the ionosphere, a phenomena that affects radio signals, disrupting communications and GPS navigation.

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Space Foundation: global space economy at US$329 billion in 2016

August 4th, 2017 by

The Space Foundation has released the findings of its publication The Space Report 2017: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity.

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