Monday’s briefing begins with a former astronaut and a space tourist campaigning for Hillary Clinton on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, plus a look at what’s happening this week.
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ILS Proton successfully launches Eutelsat 9B telecom/data-relay satellite
An ILS Russian Proton rocket on Jan. 30 successfully placed the Eutelsat 9B commercial telecommunications satellite into orbit.
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Media Accreditation Open for Next Commercial Space Station Cargo Mission
NASA has opened media accreditation for the next launch of a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The launch of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for Thursday, […]
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New Animation Takes a Colorful Flight Over Ceres
A colorful new animation shows a simulated flight over the surface of dwarf planet Ceres, based on images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The movie shows Ceres in enhanced color, which […]
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France will play a role in India’s next mission to Mars
France will play a role in India’s next mission to Mars. The French space agency CNES signed a letter of intent with its Indian counterpart, ISRO, to participate in India’s next Mars mission, an orbiter tentatively planned for 2020.
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Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb create OneWeb Satellites company – the next stage of the OneWeb adventure
Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, and OneWeb, which is building a new global satellite communications system, announced the creation of OneWeb Satellites. The new joint […]
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Beached rocket debris mistaken for missing Malaysian airliner
Monday’s briefing begins with an H-2 rocket fairing being mistaken for wreckage from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.
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First Belarusian satellite has a mission of profit, not prestige
The Jan. 15 launch of Belarus’s first satellite, Belintersat-1, aboard a Chinese rocket illustrates the new thinking among start-up government satellite owners, who view export revenue as more important than having a national flag in orbit.
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CSF Congratulates ISS Commercial Resupply Awardees and Partners
NASA announced three cargo contract awards to ensure robust and affordable transportation of critical supplies, scientific experiments and commercial payloads to and from the International Space Station (ISS) through at […]
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NASA Awards International Space Station Cargo Transport Contracts
NASA has awarded three cargo contracts to ensure the critical science, research and technology demonstrations that are informing the agency’s journey to Mars are delivered to the International Space Station […]
