The mobile satellite services provider says the U.S. military has been particularly hungry to use the company’s new Global Xpress Ka-band service.
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U.S. Air Force Declares GSSAP Surveillance Sats Operational
The two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites have been on orbit since July 2014 and have already been pressed into service.
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FIRST UP | Your Thursday Briefing
Atlas launch this morning; Mars orbiter could support sample return; new SLS manager picked; new job title for Air Force Secretary
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FIRST UP | Your Tuesday Briefing
Discovery double trouble; Russian satellites dancing in the dark; space medicine contract protest ends; tiny particle wins big award
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Obital ATK Reaches 50th Launch of Coyote Target
Orbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies marked the 50th and 51st missions of GQM-163A “Coyote” target vehicle for the U.S. Navy, as they […]
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Two Discovery Missions Now Means Fewer Later, NASA Official Says
The agency has said it could select two of the five finalists for the latest of its Discovery-class planetary missions — including two Venus concepts and three asteroid concepts — next year for full-scale development.
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NASA Google+ Hangout Focuses on College Interns Rocket Experiments
NASA’s Digital Learning Network will host a Google+ Hangout on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 1:15 p.m. EDT to discuss NASA’s flight test of a modified sounding rocket motor, launch vehicle […]
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Atlas 5 Launches Mexicos Morelos-3 L-band Satellite
The successful launch of Mexico’s Morelos-3 satellite will enable Mexico to deploy its MexSat service despite the loss of an identical satellite in May.
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FIRST UP | Your Thursday Briefing
GPS 3 launch RFP — Ariane 5 lofts Arsat-2, Sky Muster — Wallops pad repairs complete — Boeing wins Sea Launch Judgement —CR passed, Shutdown averted (for now)
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Real Martians: How to Protect Astronauts from Space Radiation on Mars
On Aug. 7, 1972, in the heart of the Apollo era, an enormous solar flare exploded from the sun’s atmosphere. Along with a gigantic burst of light in nearly all […]
