International regulators adopted a resolution designed to accelerate the introduction of satellite technology for commercial aircraft tracking, a subject that, while ostensibly noncontroversial, was aggressively contested by two satellite fleet operators.
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Commercial Space Station Company NanoRacks Opens Silicon Valley Office
Left: Ronald Goedendorp, Vice President of Space Station Opportunities, NanoRacks and Pete Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center. NanoRacks LLC, the industry leader for utilization of the low-Earth region of outer […]
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Wallops Launch Site Spared Major Damage
The Antares launch site on Wallops Island suffered some damage from the Oct. 28 Antares launch failure, but escaped major damage.
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Military Space Quarterly | U.S. Air Force Successfully Launches Eighth GPS 2F Navigation Satellite
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched another Boeing-built positioning, navigation and timing satellite Oct. 29, just days after saying first of its next-generation GPS satellites, developed by Lockheed Martin, is now expected to launch in December 2016.
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Delay Saved NanoRacks External Platform from Antares Failure
NanoRacks decided last month to wait for Orbital’s fourth paid cargo run to send the External Research Platform to the ISS.
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Antares Rocket Explodes After Liftoff
The Orbital Sciences rocket was carrying an ISS-bound Cygnus cargo tug when it exploded seconds after liftoff.
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LRO Captures Images of LADEE’s Impact Crater
NASA’S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spied a new crater on the lunar surface; one made from the impact of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission. […]
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ORBCOMM Wins 16,000-Unit Order from One of the Nation’s Largest Retail Fleets
ORBCOMM Inc. (ORBC), a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, today announced that the one of nations largest retail fleets has selected ORBCOMM to deliver 16,000 dual-mode tracking and […]
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Smith, Palazzo Statement on Failed Launch at Wallops Island
Washington, D.C. – House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Space Subcommittee Chairman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) released the following statement in response to Tuesday’s failed launch […]
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Wayward Boat Scrubs Antares Launch
A boat that entered restricted waters forced Orbital Sciences Corp. to postpone the launch of a Cygnus cargo spacecraft Oct. 27.
