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Archive for July 3rd, 2019

Assembly of next Vega launcher completed

July 3rd, 2019 by

Another Vega launch vehicle has completed its assembly process at the Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a major milestone as preparations continue for Arianespace’s sixth mission overall in 2019.

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Exolaunch has integrated 28 smallsats for July Soyuz launch

July 3rd, 2019 by

Exolaunch said it has completed a successful payload integration for an upcoming Soyuz launch from the Vostochny launch site. Lift off is currently schedules for 5 July, 0541 UTC. The rocket’s main payload is the Meteor M2-2 weather satellite.

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Northrop Grumman to build two satellites for Norway

July 3rd, 2019 by

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by Space Norway to deliver its Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) system. Northrop Grumman will design, manufacture and integrate two satellites for highly elliptical orbit (HEO) in addition to providing critical ground infrastructure.

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ThinKom completes technology validation on Telesat LEO satellite

July 3rd, 2019 by

ThinKom Solutions has announced the completion of the first live test of a commercially available phased-array antenna with Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite.

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Broadpeak raises EUR10 million from Eutelsat

July 3rd, 2019 by

Eutelsat Communications and Broadpeak have announced an approx. 20% investment in Broadpeak, supplier of CDN (Content Delivery Network) technologies optimising the delivery of video content over terrestrial and satellite networks.

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