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Manufacturing Issues Plague James Webb Space Telescope
Manufacturing difficulties plagued major elements of the James Webb Space Telescope this year, forcing prime contractor Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems to rebuild key structural elements declared unfit for flight while continuing to grapple with a persistently problematic cryogenic compressor needed to keep JWST’s infrared sensors cold.
Posted inPress Release
NASA Awards NASA Balloon Operations Contract
NASA has awarded the NASA Balloon Operations Contract to Orbital Sciences Corporation of Greenbelt, Maryland for engineering and operations services to support the NASA Balloon Program. This contract is a […]
Posted inPress Release
Magellan Aerospace Corporation Announces Financial Results
Magellan Aerospace Corporation (“Magellan” or the “Corporation”) released its financial results for the third quarter of 2014. All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. The results are […]
Posted inNews
Twin Failures Draw Attention To Regulator’s Limited Resources
The low-profile approach that the FAA’s commercial space office had taken to two launch accidents in less than a week has won praise from industry, but some worry the concurrent investigations may be putting a strain on the small office.
Posted inLaunch
Astra 2G Launch Preparations Slow Amid Proton Concerns
The fueling has been put into question, officials said, as insurance underwriters involved in the Astra 2G launch policy continue to raise issues about what happened during the Oct. 22 launch of a Russian telecommunications satellite.
Posted inCommercial
U.S. Military Allies Generally Agree WGS Is Cheaper than Commercial Alternatives
U.S. allied governments that have purchased shares in the U.S.-led Wideband Global Satcom constellation of military Ka-band communications satellites agreed generally — but not unanimously — with a U.S. Air Force assessment that WGS capacity was far less costly than equivalent bandwidth purchased on commercial satellites.
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ORBCOMM to Host Third Quarter 2014 Results Conference Call
ORBCOMM Inc. (ORBC), a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, today announced that its senior management team will host a conference call to review results of its third quarter ended […]
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NASA Rocket Experiment Finds the Universe Brighter Than We Thought
A NASA sounding rocket experiment has detected a surprising surplus of infrared light in the dark space between galaxies, a diffuse cosmic glow as bright as all known galaxies combined. […]
Posted inLaunch
With One Satellite To Spare, Iridium Counting on SpaceX To Maintain Launch Tempo
Iridium lost the use of two more satellites in the three months ending Sept. 30 and is now down to a single in-orbit spare, a situation the company said is unlikely to cause service disruptions given the arrival of the second-generation system in 2015.
