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UAE buys two French surveillance satellites
Jul 22, 2013 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates ordered two military surveillance satellites from France on Monday, in a deal worth more than 700 million euros ($913.2 million). The F...
Deep-space stations gain made-in-Europe hearing boost
Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)
Picking up ultra-weak signals from spacecraft exploring deep in our Solar System requires cooling a detector to within a few degrees of absolute zero. Thanks to...
Mexico's Satmex expands satellite fleet
Jul 17, 2013 (UPI)
Boeing will help Mexican satellite network operator Satmex to modernize and expand its Latin American services with the commissioning of a new satellite. Sateli...
NASA and Japanese Space Agency Discuss Space Cooperation
Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and the president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) met in Washington Wednesday, July 10, to discuss the import...
ROI of Satellites and Space Technologies to be discussed at the International Space Commerce Summit
Jul 10, 2013 (SPX)
Two dozen communications satellites are estimated to be launching over the period of a year, it is predicted that the satellites industry will have a global wor...
Issues with satellite knocked out channels to 117M Russians
Jul 06, 2013 (UPI)
Problems with a Russian telecom satellite left 117 million residents of central Russia without reception for four government-run channels, officials said. Conta...
Thales Alenia Space Belgium expands
Jun 26, 2013 (UPI)
Thales Alenia Space Belgium has opened a new facility in Belgium for the development of new avionics products and technologies for satellites and space launch v...
Croatian pupils mark EU entry with astronaut chat
Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)
A group of pupils at a Zagreb high school on Wednesday marked their country's July 1 entry into the European Union by talking to an astronaut at the Internation...
Armenia to Launch Its First Satellite
Jun 25, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
The ex-Soviet republic of Armenia will launch its own satellite into the orbit, a governmental official said Friday. A newly created company called Armcosmos is...
Earth Explorers take centre stage at Le Bourget
Jun 21, 2013 (ESA)
ESA's new Biomass mission and the numerous accomplishments from the existing Earth Explorer satellites came into focus at the Paris Air and Space Show. The rece...
Europe's space hub to open its doors on 6 October
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
From the latest space ferry to the very first Alphasat, Europe has never been more active in space, with a crowded manifest of ESA launches across the rest of t...
CRAIG Clark awarded MBE
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
CRAIG Clark, founder and CEO of Glasgow-based Clyde Space, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for Services to Technology and Innovation. He...
Europe's largest spaceship reaches its orbital port
Jun 19, 2013 (ESA)
ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on 15 June when it docked smoothl...
SES-6 Satellite Launched With Large Brazilian Anchor Customer
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
SES S.A. reports that with the launch of the SES-6 satellite that the Brazilian telecommunication group Oi has signed as a new anchor customer to provide Direct...
Lockheed strengthening its Space Systems business
May 29, 2013 (UPI)
A definite agreement has been signed by Lockheed Martin and Astrotech Corporation for the acquisition of Astrotech Space Operations. The acquisition, which need...
ESA astronaut Timothy Peake set for ISS
May 22, 2013 (ESA)
ESA's Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, has announced that the ISS Multilateral Crew Operations Panel has decided on Friday, 17 May to accept his proposal...
ViaSat Announces Next Generation Broadband Satellite
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
ViaSat has executed a contract with Boeing to build ViaSat-2, which is based on ViaSat's next generation, Ka-band satellite technology and architecture. ViaSat-...
Thales, Alcatel-Lucent in partnership talks
May 22, 2013 (UPI)
Thales is negotiating with Alcatel-Lucent over a possible takeover of Alcatel-Lucent's cyber-security services and communications security business. Thales said...
Eutelsat 3D launch a success
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
The Eutelsat 3D telecommunications satellite was successfully launched by ILS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, using a Proton launch vehicle. Thales ...
Boeing Selected to Build ViaSat-2 Satellite
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing has a new satellite customer under a contract to design and deliver one Boeing 702HP high-power spacecraft to ViaSat Inc. in 2016. The satellite, ViaSat-...
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