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ESA business incubator opens in Portugal
Nov 12, 2014 (ESA)
ESA's latest Business Incubation Centre has opened in Portugal, ready to help entrepreneurs and start-up companies take space technology and services into non-s...
Application of NovelSat tech on AFRICASAT-1A generates big savings
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced that customers on the AFRICASAT-1a satellite will now be able to benefit from additional cost savings given the successfu...
Gilat Deploys 3G Small Cell Network for TIM Brasil in Only Two Months
Oct 31, 2014 (SPX)
Gilat Satellite Networks has announced the successful deployment of the CellEdge small cell over satellite solution to 20 rural sites in Brazil, as part of its ...
'Space for our future' exhibition opened in Brussels
Oct 30, 2014 (ESA)
The 'Space For Our Future' exhibition, created by ESA and the European Commission, was formally opened on 28 October in Brussels by EC President Jose Manuel Bar...
Vega launch of ESA spaceplane postponed
Oct 29, 2014 (ESA)
The Vega launch of ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, due on 18 November from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, has been postponed to allow for additio...
Clyde Space expands and announces new orders
Oct 28, 2014 (SPX)
Clyde Space is expanding and moving to larger premises to meet increased demand for its products. The company announced the moveas it revealed record turnover f...
China tycoon reveals foray into space: report
Oct 27, 2014 (AFP)
A mysterious Chinese tycoon who plans to dig a $40 billion canal linking the Caribbean and the Pacific is spreading his reach into space with ambitions for a ne...
US Suppliers' Fight Over Military Contract to Take Months to Resolve
Oct 27, 2014 (SPX)
US Military Supplier Northrop Grumman and its rival Raytheon will not get a resolution until next year, regarding their contract battle over the newest ground b...
ISRO spy case: Kerala to decide on future course of action
Oct 23, 2014 (SPX)
The Kerala government will seek legal opinion on the Kerala High Court's ruling quashing the state government's order to drop charges against three retired poli...
Intelsat General To Study Commercialization of USAF Satellites
Oct 23, 2014 (SPX)
Intelsat General Corp. is one of four companies awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to study the viability of using commercial facilities and operat...
Molten metals in spin cycle on ESA's centrifuge
Oct 20, 2014 (ESA)
The experimenters stared through bulletproof glass at the whirling 8 m-diameter centrifuge. Never mind the shaking or stirring of drink cocktails - what happens...
Lockheed Martin Contracted for SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6 Satellite Payloads
Oct 20, 2014 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) has been awarded a $422 million contract from Lockheed Martin (LMT) to produce sensor payloads on the fifth and sixth Space B...
Sierra Nevada Corporation Awarded Satellite Contract
Oct 20, 2014 (SPX)
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is pleased to announce SNC's Space Systems based in Louisville, Colorado, has been competitively selected to develop and build a...
ADS signs MetOp-SG prime contract with ESA
Oct 20, 2014 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space has signed the formal contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) to design and build the second generation of Meteorological Operat...
The heat is on
Oct 14, 2014 (ESA)
Thanks to ESA and a high-tech fabric used in spacesuits, Swedish steelworkers will soon be wearing safer and cooler underwear to work. Cathrin Persson has worke...
UK Space Agency report reveals continued growth of UK space sector
Oct 11, 2014 (SPX)
The UK Space Agency has published its biennial study into the progress of the UK space sector. 'The Size and Health of the UK Space Industry' reveals that the s...
China to help Venezuela launch third satellite
Oct 08, 2014 (XNA)
Venezuela signed Sunday an agreement with a Chinese state-owned company to build and deliver into orbit the country's third satellite with the help of Chinese t...
Venezuela to build satellite Sucre in 36 months with China's help
Oct 08, 2014 (XNA)
The manufacturing and launching of Venezuela's third satellite will take some 36 months with the help of Chinese technology, said the country's head of planning...
Setting sail for ESA spaceplane recovery
Oct 07, 2014 (ESA)
The boat that will lift ESA's unmanned IXV spaceplane out of the Pacific Ocean after the research flight next month set sail on Saturday from Genoa in Italy. Th...
European pioneers: ESRO-1A and 1B
Oct 06, 2014 (ESA)
Forty-five years ago this week, the ESRO-1B satellite was launched. One of a pair of satellites that formed the basis of ESRO's scientific programme, ESRO-1B to...
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