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Orbital Stockholders Approve ATK Division Merger
Jan 28, 2015 (SPX)
Orbital Sciences has announced that at a special meeting held this morning, the company's stockholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposed merger with ...
Boeing to build satellite for mobile multimedia service in China
Jan 26, 2015 (SPX)
New York Broadband has selected Boeing Satellite Systems International for negotiation of a contract to build a new high-powered L-band satellite that will supp...
An ecosystem in a box
Jan 21, 2015 (ESA)
An unusual package was delivered to a hotel in Beijing, China, in 1987 containing a batch of blue-green algae that would spend five days in space in a capsule. ...
Russia-UAE have bright future in space technology cooperation
Jan 20, 2015 (Sputnik)
The energy sphere, including peaceful uses of nuclear energy and space technologies are among the most promising areas for cooperation between Russia and United...
European Space Agency to Launch Six Navigation Satellites in 2015
Jan 20, 2015 (Sputnik)
Six satellites from Europe's own global navigation satellite system Galileo are to be put into orbit in 2015, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Jean-...
SES And Luxembourg Govt to launch new satellite late 2017
Jan 16, 2015 (SPX)
SES has announced that it plans to launch a dedicated satellite for governmental use in partnership with the Luxembourg Government in late 2017. A Luxembourg-ba...
Astra 2G Satellite Roars Into Orbit
Dec 29, 2014 (SPX)
SES S.A. reports that the ASTRA 2G satellite roared into space on board an ILS Proton Breeze M booster last night at 03:37:49 Baikonur time (22:37:49 CET and 16...
TerreStar applauds Harper govt's mobile satellite service and AWS-4 decision
Dec 20, 2014 (SPX)
In response to the decision by Industry Minister James Moore, TerreStar Solutions' President, Andre Tremblay said, "I congratulate Prime Minister Harper and Ind...
German named next head of European Space Agency
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
Johann-Dietrich Woerner, head of German aerospace giant DLR, is to succeed Frenchman Jean-Jacques Dordain as next director-general of the European Space Agency,...
200 million pound investment is rocket fuel for UK space industry
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
The UK Space Agency is making an extra investment of over 200 million pounds in Europe's space programme, providing the UK with increased leadership in a rapidl...
Northrop Delivers 4th AEHF Protected Comms Payload
Dec 10, 2014 (SPX)
The steady production of the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected military communications satellite continues on track with Northrop Grumma...
Proba-3 double-satellite nearer to space
Dec 09, 2014 (ESA)
A pair of satellites flying in close formation to cast an artificial eclipse is now being turned into space-ready reality by ESA's industrial partners. The late...
Portugal to integrate two scientific space exploration programs: media
Dec 08, 2014 (XNA)
Portugal's Minister of Education and Science Nuno Crato said Wednesday that Portugal will integrate two scientific space exploration programs including the Inte...
India's new satellite GSAT-16 launched
Dec 08, 2014 (XNA)
India on Sunday had its latest satellite GSAT-16 launched aboard a European Union's Arianespace rocket, a fresh move believed to augment the country's space cap...
US Defense Bill Prohibiting Purchase of Russian Rocket Engines
Dec 05, 2014 (Sputnik)
The 2015 US defense funding bill would prohibit the future purchase of Russian-made rocket engines, used to launch US national security satellites, but will hon...
SAARC leaders call for deeper cooperation in space technology
Nov 27, 2014 (XNA)
Regional collaboration in space technology must be enhanced to achieve sustainable development in South Asia, according to the South Asian Association for Regio...
Mutualink and C2UK Partner to Deliver Interoperable Comms
Nov 20, 2014 (SPX)
C2UK and Mutualink have announced a partnership to jointly develop the UK and Middle East markets for the Mutualink product portfolio. Mutualink offers state-of...
Eutelsat and Spacecom Create Unified Neighbourhood
Nov 20, 2014 (SPX)
Eutelsat Communications and Spacecom have announced the signature of a partnership agreement that will drive expansion of digital entertainment services at one ...
European Space Agency and Airbus sign on to Orion mission
Nov 18, 2014 (UPI)
The European Space Agency and Airbus have been contracted to build a service module for NASA's Orion mission. The service module will be affixed to the crew mod...
Orbcomm To Acquire Skywave Mobile Communications
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
ORBCOMM has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SkyWave Mobile Communications (SkyWave) for $130 million. Based in Ottawa, Cana...
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