Harris and exactEarth announced a partnership in which Harris will use exactEarth technology to mount ship-monitoring payloads on Iridium Next satellites.
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NASA to Hold Briefing to Discuss Status of LDSD Test
NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project completed its second flight test when the saucer-shaped craft splashed down safely Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island […]
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Fly Over Ceres in New Video
A new animated video of dwarf planet Ceres, based on images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, provides a unique perspective of this heavily cratered, mysterious world. The video is based […]
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NASA’s Operation IceBridge Concludes 2015 Arctic Campaign
Operation IceBridge wrapped up its seventh Arctic deployment on May 21, when NASA’s C-130 research aircraft with the mission’s researchers and instruments on board departed Thule Air Base in Greenland […]
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LeoSat Awaits Verdict on Constellation’s Feasibility
LeoSat LLC, which is planning a global low-orbiting satellite constellation of Ka-band satellites to provide high-speed data transfers using intersatellite links, expects an initial verdict on its system architecture and cost by July following the completion of a feasibility study.
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Will NewSat’s Failure Dim Ex-Im’s Appetite for Satellite Deals?
Satellite operators are expressing concern that the U.S. Export-Import Bank and France’s Coface might reduce their support for the satellite industry in light of the failure of start-up satellite operator NewSat of Australia.
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Latest Proton Failure Leaves Customers, Insurers in a Bind
Satellite owners and insurance underwriters who have booked or insured launches aboard Russia’s Proton rocket in the coming months have little choice but to stick with the rocket despite the fact that the vehicle’s May 16 failure was its fourth since mid-2012.
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Dawn Spirals Closer to Ceres
A new view of Ceres’ surface shows finer details coming into view as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft spirals down to increasingly lower orbits A new view of Ceres, taken by NASA’s […]
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Ariane 5 Lofts Pair of DirecTV Satellites
Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket on May 27 successfully delivered two direct-broadcast television satellites into transfer orbit for DirecTV in the vehicle’s 65th consecutive success and the second of six missions planned for 2015.
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Spaceport America Signs Up Teleport Customer To Diversify Customer Base
Spaceport America, the commercial launch site in New Mexico most closely linked to Virgin Galactic, is seeking to diversify its user base beyond launch companies, an effort that has already resulted in one new customer.
