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Archive for May 26th, 2019

SpaceX launches 60 satellites, prompts ‘UFO sightings’

May 26th, 2019 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 60 Starlink satellites; Date: 24 May 2019, 0230 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Approximately one hour and two minutes after lift-off, the Starlink satellites were deployed at an altitude of 440 km. They then used onboard propulsion to reach an operational altitude of 550 km.

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Boeing’s Starliner completes service module hot fire testing

May 26th, 2019 by

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner propulsion system was successfully tested at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.

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GomSpace to design nanosatellite asteroid rendezvous mission

May 26th, 2019 by

GomSpace’s subsidiary in Luxembourg and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a contract of EUR400.000 for the Phase A design of the Miniaturised Asteroid Remote Geophysical Observer (M-ARGO) mission.

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Viasat Inc. results Q4 FY 2019

May 26th, 2019 by

Viasat Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ending 31 March 2018

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