Much of the recent attention devoted to small satellite launch opportunities has focused on the wave of dedicated launch vehicles under development. A presentation at the conference Aug. 10 by Carlos Niederstrasser and Warren Frick of Orbital ATK identified more than 20 such vehicles, from the existing Pegasus and Minotaur 1 to concepts still in the early design phase
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Bitterman Out as ULA’s Top Lobbyist
Veteran space lobbyist Mark Bitterman left United Launch Alliance Jan. 14 after more than three years as vice president of government affairs for the Denver-based launch company.
Bitterman informed colleagues of his departure in an email, a copy of which was obtained by SpaceNews.
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NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Satellite To Launch Feb. 27 from Japan
The satellite is launching about two weeks later than previously scheduled because of the partial U.S. government shutdown in October.
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Planet Labs Unveils Plan To Launch 28 Nanosats on Antares’ 1st Cargo Run
Planet Labs is seeking to revolutionize the Earth imaging industry with a constellation of 28 nanosatellites designed to offer frequent, low-cost images of any point on the globe.
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New Gravity Map Created by Grail Probes Reveals Surprisingly Battered Moon
The Moon and other rocky bodies in the inner solar system were pounded by long-ago impacts far more violently than previously thought, two NASA spacecraft have found.
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Smartphone-powered Cubesats To Fly on Antares Maiden Launch
WASHINGTON — Three experimental satellites powered by consumer smartphones will hitch a ride to space on Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares medium-lift rocket when that vehicle makes its maiden flight from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia later this year.
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Taurus 2 To Deploy Nanosatellites in Debut
WASHINGTON — The Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus 2 rocket slated to make its maiden launch in early 2012 as part of a NASA-sponsored demonstration program will carry four nanosatellites into space under an agreement with Spaceflight Inc., a Seattle-based company that books rides for secondary payloads.
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Huntsville Team Enters Lunar X Prize Competition
Spurred on by the possibility of a $10 million contract from NASA, a team of Huntsville, Ala.-based organizations recently entered an international competition to develop and launch a commercial mission […]
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Inmarsat Confirms $1.2B Bet on All-Ka-band Broadband System
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — Mobile satellite services operator Inmarsat on Aug. 6 confirmed its decision to spend $1.2 billion on three large Boeing-built all-Ka-band satellites to provide mobile broadband to military, civil government and corporate customers worldwide starting in 2014.
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NASA, Industry Begin Discussions on Commercial Crew Development Dollars
WASHINGTON — As NASA awaits a presidential decision on the future of its human spaceflight program, the agency is pushing ahead with plans to award $50 million in economic stimulus money meant to seed development of commercial crew transportation services.
