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Northrop Grumman to orovide LN-200S for Lockheed Martin's satellite bus
Jan 18, 2016 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Corporation to supply its LN-200S fiber-optic Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for the LM 300 s...
Test your astronaut skills and help ESA
Jan 18, 2016 (ESA)
With ESA astronaut Tim Peake stepping out of the International Space Station tomorrow, have you ever wanted to know if you have what it takes to be an astronaut...
European space boss has 'crazy' Moon Village plan
Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)
The European Space Agency's new boss elaborated Friday on his vision for a multinational research village on the Moon -- a leading contender for a project to su...
Lights on for LISA Pathfinder
Jan 14, 2016 (ESA)
While LISA Pathfinder is en route to its operational orbit, the science and engineering teams are testing the systems on the spacecraft. This week, they will be...
Turkey Targets 2019 for Launch of Indigenous Satellite
Jan 10, 2016 (Sputnik)
After spending more than $1 billion on satellite programs, Turkey is preparing to build the country's first indigenous satellite. The target date to launch the ...
SES Expands Government Services Portfolio In Canada
Jan 07, 2016 (SPX)
SES S.A. reports that the Kativik Regional Government in Canada has awarded SES a contract for the delivery of new satellite services across the northern Quebec...
Arktika Satellite Network to be launched in 2017 despite sanctions
Jan 05, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Western sanctions will not affect the Russian Arktika project because the design of satellites is originally based on domestic technologies, according to Se...
SSL wins Telkom bid for new comsat
Jan 05, 2016 (SPX)
Space Systems Loral (SSL) has announced that it was selected to provide a communications satellite to PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, the largest telecommuni...
Russian manufacturer to make 16 satellites to fulfil 2015 contracts
Jan 01, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS-Reshetnev) company has closed deals to supply 16 satellites for various purposes in 2015, the company said...
Inmarsat-6 dual mission will augment both L and Ka-band Global Xpress
Jan 01, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, to design and develop...
Digital payloads and higher throughput changing the satellite market
Dec 25, 2015 (SPX)
Earlier this year Telecom Review interviewed Terry Bleakley, Vice President for Asia Pacific at Intelsat. The magazine wanted an update on the dramatic changes ...
Lao telecom satellite to be profitable: Deputy PM
Dec 15, 2015 (XNA)
Commercial operation of Laos' first telecommunications satellite, which was recently put into orbit, will be profitable and contribute significantly to the coun...
Space race worth 18 bln USD to British economy: minister
Dec 14, 2015 (XNA)
Britain published Sunday its first ever National Space Policy, with a government minister quoting Star Trek's Mr Spock to support space exploration. The new pol...
Can't stop me now: Tim set for Principia launch
Dec 11, 2015 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and cosmonaut commander Yuri Malenchenko will leave our planet for the International Space Station 15 December...
SES-9 arrives at Cape Canaveral for mid-January Launch
Dec 11, 2015 (SPX)
SES has announced that SES-9 has safely arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and is being processed for a mid-January 2016 launch on board Space X's newly upgrad...
Couture in Orbit: from spacewalk to catwalk
Dec 04, 2015 (ESA)
ESA and the Science Museum in London are working with four leading fashion schools around Europe to design clothes for the space age with their 'Couture in Orbi...
ESA station tracks Earth flyby mission
Dec 04, 2015 (ESA)
An ESA deep-space ground station will lend a helping ear as Japan's Hayabusa-2 asteroid mission visits Earth on Thursday. Hayabusa is on an audacious six-year j...
The Promise of the Future in the Satellite Industry
Dec 02, 2015 (SPX)
At the SATCON show in New York earlier this month, Kay Sears, President of Intelsat General Corporation, participated on the opening keynote panel, entitled, "T...
Tim arrives in Baikonur on his last stop before space
Dec 01, 2015 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Roscosmos commander Yuri Malenchenko arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today ahead of their...
Japan rocket launches its first commercial satellite
Nov 26, 2015 (AFP)
A Japanese rocket lifted off Tuesday and successfully put the national space programme's first commercial satellite into orbit, officials said, as Tokyo tries t...
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