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Peter B. de Selding

Peter B. de Selding was the Paris bureau chief for SpaceNews.

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Policy & Politics
Europe commits to the space station and ExoMars as part of $11 billion in commitments to ESA

The 22-nation European Space Agency on Dec. 2 forced its science program to lay an offering at the alter of the agency’s struggling ExoMars mission with Russia, allowing a European rover to be launched in 2020 to complement the Mars orbiter already in service.

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Commercial Policy & Politics
Australia’s NBN satellite consumer broadband service suffering outages and customer response issues

Australia’s national satellite broadband service continues to suffer regional outages seven months after its introduction, with a majority of users reporting installation or connection problems, according to a survey conducted by a national broadband association.