The San Diego, California, based company won a $10.9 million contract to build a camera for the robotic satellite-servicing mission.
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Intelsat’s stock soars on report of OneWeb merger
Intelsat’s stock rose 25 percent Monday following a report from Britain’s Sky News that the global satellite fleet operator is in advanced talks over a merger with the well-capitalized startup OneWeb.
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Elon Musk promises SpaceX announcement today.
Musk, in a tweet Sunday night, said “SpaceX announcement tomorrow at 1pm PST,” or 4 p.m. Eastern.
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OneWeb weighing 2,000 more satellites
Satellite telecom startup OneWeb, emboldened by the oversubscribed $1.2 billion Softbank-led investment gained in December, is on the verge of adding another 2,000 satellites to its previously proposed constellation of several hundred satellites.
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NASA Establishes New Public-Private Partnerships to Advance U.S. Commercial Space Capabilities
NASA is partnering with eight U.S. companies to advance small spacecraft and launch vehicle technologies that are on the verge of maturation and are likely to benefit both NASA and […]
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NASA Announces Eighth Class of Candidates for Launch of CubeSat Space Missions
NASA has selected 34 small satellites from 19 states and the District of Columbia to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard missions planned to launch in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Launch […]
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Trump mum on Ex-Im Bank during speech at Boeing plant
President Donald Trump made no mention of the U.S. Export-Import Bank during a speech Feb. 17 some had expected to include a call for restoring the bank’s full ending authority.
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NASA Selects Proposals for First-Ever Space Technology Research Institutes
NASA has selected proposals for the creation of two multi-disciplinary, university-led research institutes that will focus on the development of technologies critical to extending human presence deeper into our solar […]
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NASA Announces Awards to Develop Oxygen Recovery Technologies for Future Deep Space Missions
NASA has selected two proposals for the development of oxygen recovery technologies that could help astronauts breathe a little easier on deep space, long-duration missions. The agency will invest as […]
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Smallsat builders admit a little bigger might be a little better
What’s the perfect size for a small satellite? “The answer is 42 kilograms,” said Martin Sweeting, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. founder and executive chairman said at the Small Satellite Symposium in Silicon Valley.
