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MinXSS CubeSat Brings New Information to Study of Solar Flares
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
Along with the visible light and warmth constantly emitted by our sun comes a whole spectrum of X-ray and ultraviolet radiation that streams toward Earth. A new...
Spaceflight Industries marks successful launch of the BlackSky Pathfinder satellite aboard PSLV
Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)
Spaceflight Industries has announced the successful launch of its BlackSky Pathfinder-1 satellite into a sun synchronous orbit from India's Polar Satellite Laun...
United Launch Alliance announces CubeSat STEM winners
Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected four proposals from university students to receive free CubeSat launch slots on future Atlas V missions through the co...
Vector Space Systems Awarded $2.5M in NASA and DARPA Contracts
Sep 12, 2016 (SPX)
Vector Space Systems, a micro satellite space launch company comprised of new-space industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, McDonnell Douglas and Sea La...
India likely to launch 68 foreign satellites in one mission next year
Sep 01, 2016 (XNA)
India is likely to launch a record 68 foreign satellites in one space mission next year, a top official has said. "There are many launches. There is one particu...
NASA selects university partners for Small Spacecraft Collaboration
Aug 25, 2016 (SPX)
NASA has selected eight university teams to collaborate on the development and demonstration of new technologies and capabilities for small spacecraft. Each of ...
History of the CubeSat
Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)
The "CubeSat" is a type of miniaturized satellite for low earth orbit (LEO) space research and applications. One of these is typically made up of one or more 10...
How to dock CubeSats
Aug 19, 2016 (ESA)
The miniature satellites known as CubeSats already play a variety of roles in space. In future they could also serve as the building blocks of other, larger mis...
NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative Opens Space to Educators, Nonprofits
Aug 08, 2016 (SPX)
Accredited education institutions, nonprofit organizations and NASA centers can join the adventure and challenges of space while helping the agency achieve its ...
Garvey acquisition brings 16 years of launch vehicle development to Vector
Jul 22, 2016 (SPX)
Vector Space Systems, a micro satellite space launch company comprised of new-space industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, McDonnell Douglas and Sea La...
SSTL expands LEO platform capability with VESTA nanosatellite
Jul 22, 2016 (SPX)
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has signed a contract with Honeywell to supply the VESTA satellite platform, a technology demonstration mission that will...
Novel mirror for tiny CubeSat telescope soon
Jul 19, 2016 (IANS)
A lightweight telescope that NASA scientists are developing specifically for tiny CubeSat scientific investigations can become the first to carry a mirror made ...
Ithaca High CubeSat team's concept to get a shot at space
Jul 03, 2016 (SPX)
Six months ago, Ithaca High School sophomore Isabel Dawson had no interest in space exploration. But that changed after Mason Peck, associate professor in the S...
Indian Space Agency Embarks on Launch of 22 Satellites on Single Mission
Jun 21, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is bracing for a landmark rocket launch on 20 June by placing as many as 22 satellites into orbit. In what has bee...
CYGNSS Microsatellites Pass Testing Milestone
Jun 18, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission took another major step last month as the eight CYGNSS microsatellites successfully completed...
Students Experience NASA Satellites 101
Jun 08, 2016 (SPX)
Astronauts aren't the only ones who get to use NASA technology. Computer scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, ...
Quantum satellite device tests technology for global quantum network
Jun 06, 2016 (SPX)
You can't sign up for the quantum internet just yet, but researchers have reported a major experimental milestone towards building a global quantum network - an...
First CubeSat Built by an Elementary School Deployed into Space
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
In 2012, the students from St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia lined up in the shape of a space shuttle in the school parking lot and witnes...
MinXSS CubeSat deployed from ISS to study Sun's soft x-rays
May 18, 2016 (SPX)
On May 16, 2016, the bread loaf-sized Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer, or MinXSS, CubeSat deployed from an airlock on the International Space Station to begi...
AAC Microtec avionics aboard microsatellite deployed from the ISS
May 17, 2016 (SPX)
AAC Microtec has supplied a key avionics component for the new Philippine microsatellite Diwata-1, which was launched from Kennedy Space Center to the Internati...
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