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New focus on innovative and cost-efficient satellites in Sweden
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
OHB Sweden, Stockholm, and AAC Microtec, Uppsala, have been commissioned by the Swedish National Space Board to continue studying a cost-effective satellite, In...
Iran To Launch 3 Satellites in 6 Months
Oct 16, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
Iran plans to launch three domestically designed satellites in six months, a high-ranking Iranian aerospace official told the country's English-language Press T...
I2BF Global Ventures Invests $20M in Dauria Aerospace
Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)
I2BF Global Ventures has announced a $20 million Series B investment in Dauria Aerospace, a global satellite services company involved in the manufacturing of m...
NASA Interns Start Work on Future CubeSat Mission
Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)
This summer, a group of interns at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., hoped to make their impact on the center last more than their 10-week t...
CU-Boulder student-built satellite slated for launch by NASA Sept. 15
Sep 15, 2013 (SPX)
A small beach ball-sized satellite designed and built by a team of University of Colorado Boulder students to better understand how atmospheric drag can affect ...
Satellite built by Colorado students set for launch from California
Sep 11, 2013 (UPI)
A team of University of Colorado Boulder students says a small satellite it has built has been given a launch date from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. T...
Inflatable antennae could give CubeSats greater reach
Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)
The future of satellite technology is getting small - about the size of a shoebox, to be exact. These so-called "CubeSats," and other small satellites, are maki...
From Cancer Treatment to Ion Thruster: The Newest Little Idea for Nanosat Micro Rockets
Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)
Nanosatellites are smartphone-sized spacecraft that can perform simple, yet valuable, space missions. Dozens of these little vehicles are now tirelessly orbitin...
SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group expands space activities into Poland
Aug 14, 2013 (SPX)
SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group has announced at the IAAA / Utah State University Small Satellite Conference and Exhibition the creation of a new SSBV daugh...
Vietnam's micro satellite launched into space
Aug 07, 2013 (XNA)
Pico Dragon, the Made-in-Vietnam micro satellite, was shipped to the International Space Station ( ISS) Sunday to prepare for a mission in space, state-run Viet...
Vietnam to launch micro satellite
Jul 30, 2013 (XNA)
The Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC) has confirmed that the Vietnamese micro satellite Pico Dragon will be shipped to the International Space Station ( ...
Russian Entrepreneur Bets on US Rent-a-Satellite Company
Jul 18, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
Russian investor and Internet entrepreneur Dmitry Grishin has invested $300,000 in a new company manufacturing innovative research satellites for use by private...
Russian backed Grishin Robotics invests $300,000 into American nano-satellites
Jul 17, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Russian backed Grishin Robotics invests $300,000 into American nano-satellites Grishin Robotics, the first global robotics investment company, said it is invest...
SSTL signs contract for collaborative mission with Kazakhstan
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
A contract was signed this week between Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Mr Amanzhol Jaimurzin, General Dir...
Boeing Phantom Phoenix Small Satellites Reduce Manufacturing, Mission Costs
May 31, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing is developing a family of small satellite prototypes, called Phantom Phoenix, that can quickly and affordably be manufactured and configured for specific...
NASA Seeks Academic Partners for Smallsat Technology Collaboration
May 31, 2013 (SPX)
NASA is seeking small spacecraft technology project proposals from U.S. colleges and universities that would like to collaborate with agency researchers. Small ...
ATK To Study Quick Turnaround Satellites For DARPA
May 31, 2013 (SPX)
ATK has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va. for the Space Enabled Effects for Milita...
Plug-and-Play technology for microsatellites has been experimentally confirmed
May 31, 2013 (SPX)
SPUTNIX specialists within the work on creation of a microsatellite platform TabletSat have assembled and tested the onboard control system equipment based on S...
NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System Ready For Flight
May 20, 2013 (SPX)
Nanosatellites now have their own mass transit to catch rides to space and perform experiments in microgravity. A new NASA-designed and developed satellite depl...
Estonia joins world space club with 2.2-pound satellite
May 07, 2013 (UPI)
With a satellite launched Tuesday Estonia has joined a not-so-exclusive club, becoming the 41st nation in the world to own a man-made object orbiting in space. ...
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