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Afghanistan signs satellite deal to boost booming media
May 10, 2014 (AFP)
Afghanistan started using its first ever satellite on Saturday in a bid to boost its national broadcasting and telecommunications infrastructure as well as its ...
Ka-Band Represents the Future of Space Communications
May 08, 2014 (SPX)
Imagine you're in a restaurant and it's nearly empty. You can talk to your companions, low-volume, easy and relaxed. But then more patrons start arriving and it...
Britain to plough billions into the space industry
May 05, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The British Government says it will back plans for an expansion of the UK space industry - increasing their input to 40 billion pounds by 2030. The government h...
ATK And Orbital Sciences Set To Merge
Apr 30, 2014 (SPX)
Alliant Techsystems reports that that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to create two independent, public companies with leadership in Outd...
Orbital and ATK's Aerospace and Defense Groups to Combine in Merger-of-Equals
Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)
Orbital Sciences Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Alliant Techsystems Inc., which will combine Orbital and ATK's Aerospace and Defense (...
Andreas Mogensen's mission name links cosmos and Earth
Apr 29, 2014 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen's mission next year to the International Space Station now has a name: iriss. The winning proposal was submitted by Filippo Magni...
SSL Selected To Provide Two Satellites To Sky Perfect JSAT
Apr 24, 2014 (SPX)
Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced that it was selected to provide two communications satellites to SKY Perfect JSAT, a leading satellite operator based in...
From Red Mars To Green Earth
Apr 15, 2014 (ESA)
How can a sensor for analysing the atmosphere of Mars help us to cut greenhouse emissions on Earth? By going where no human or machine has been before. Parts of...
Lockheed Martin and NewSat Achieve Significant Program Milestone on Jabiru-1 Satellite
Apr 09, 2014 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin and NewSat Limited have completed a comprehensive technical review of Jabiru-1, Australia's first commercial Ka-band satellite. Jabiru-1 will de...
Rethinking space science, exploration to help solve global problems
Apr 07, 2014 (SPX)
Could a paradigm shift in space science and exploration that aligns businesses with research universities lead to new mining resources, a cure for cancer or eve...
ISRO examining business model for industries in satellite, rocket production
Apr 06, 2014 (SPX)
The Indian space agency is working at preparing a business model to partner with industries - public and private - so that they have a higher level of participa...
Mitsubishi Electric Completes In-Orbit Delivery of TURKSAT-4A Satellite
Apr 03, 2014 (SPX)
Mitsubishi Electric has completed the in-orbit delivery of the TURKSAT-4A satellite to Turksat Satellite Communication, Cable TV and Operation Inc. Co. (Turksat...
Panel to discuss forging university-business ties to promote future of space
Apr 02, 2014 (SPX)
How do academic and commercial stakeholders join forces to promote space science and exploration in the immediate future and decades to come? An expert panel of...
Ukraine crisis brings MDA project to a halt
Apr 01, 2014 (UPI)
A Canadian communications and information company says the political and military crisis in Ukraine is having an adverse effect on its business there. MacDonald...
Give a name to ESA's zone of silence
Mar 31, 2014 (ESA)
Kept isolated from the external Universe, a special ESA chamber simulates the boundless emptiness of space for testing satellite antennas. Recently refitted, it...
ESA and CERN sign cooperation agreement
Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)
ESA, the European Space Agency, and CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, signed a cooperation agreement on 28 March to foster future collaborat...
Orbital-Built Amazonas 4A Commerical Communications Satellite Launched
Mar 26, 2014 (SPX)
Orbital Sciences reports that the Amazonas 4A commercial communications satellite, built by the company for HISPASAT S.A. of Spain, was successfully launched in...
ATV-5 set to test new rendezvous sensors
Mar 19, 2014 (ESA)
ESA's space freighter ATV Georges Lemaitre, set for launch this summer,will test new rendezvous sensors in space as it approaches the International Space Statio...
Astronaut Tim seeks mission name
Mar 18, 2014 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Timothy Peake will be heading to the International Space Station next year and he needs your help to name his six-month mission. Send us your sugg...
First Boeing Built Inmarsat-5 Satellite Completes On-Orbit Testing
Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)
Boeing's first of four satellites for Inmarsat's Global Xpress network, has passed all of its on-orbit testing and has now been handed over to Inmarsat. "This i...
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