In honor of his many inventions and patents developed in a 34-year career at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, George E. Alcorn, a pioneering African-American physicist and engineer, was […]
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Thaicom Has Record Quarter Despite IPStar Sales Drop
Thaicom expects all of its satellite-delivered TV channels to be in high definition by 2030, with ultra-high-definition making its full commercial impact starting in 2019.
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House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Bills Promote Commercial Space Safety and Success
Washington, D.C. Members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee today introduced a package of four space bills intended to bring stability and certainty to the growing commercial space […]
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NASA Airborne Mission to Focus on Polar Winds
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft began a series of science flights based out of Keflavik, Iceland, on May 11 aimed at studying Arctic polar winds. The mission goals are to provide current […]
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New Radio Telescope Array Searches the Entire Sky 24/7
A new radio telescope array developed by a consortium led by Caltech and now operating at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory has the ability to image simultaneously the entire sky […]
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Avanti Eager To Launch New Satellites Despite Low Fill Rates
Satellite fleet operator Avanti Communications Group on May 12 said its three-satellite fleet, principally the Hylas 1 and Hylas 2 satellites launched in November 2010 and August 2012, were between 15 percent and 20 percent full during the three months ending March 31.
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Op-ed | UAE Moving To Become a Player in Outer Space Activities
Increasingly, the creation of internal and external space policies and laws to implement those policies is the mark of an important player in the sphere of outer space activities.
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Op-ed | Launching the Small-satellite Revolution
Small satellites are fast, flexible and cheap, and they need launch services that are just as fast, just as flexible and just as cheap.
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Ceres Animation Showcases Bright Spots
The mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres are better resolved in a new sequence of images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on May 3 and 4, 2015. The […]
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Orbcomm to SpaceX: Launch our Satellites Before October
Orbcomm says it secured a commitment from SpaceX to launch 11 second-generation Orbcomm satellites between mid-August and late September.
