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Soil Moisture Active Passive mission
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NASA TV Coverage Set for Launch of Newest Earth-Observing Mission NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission (SMAP) will lift off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:20 a.m. EST (6:20 a.m. PST) on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. Read more
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Quantum satellite
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UK to develop Quantum 'universal' satellite The development of a completely novel type of telecommunications satellite has been approved. To be called Quantum and built in the UK, the 3.5-tonne spacecraft will break new ground by being totally reconfigurable in orbit. Read more
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Airbus satellite network
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Airbus to build giant satellite network European aerospace giant, Airbus, has been contracted to build the world's largest satellite constellation. The company will produce 900 spacecraft for OneWeb, a British Channel Islands-registered concern that aims to broaden internet access to the un...
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Urthecast satellites
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Urthecast video cameras to circle globe Canadian group Urthecast plans to put a 16-satellite constellation in orbit to image the Earth. Urthecast already has a pair of cameras on the International Space Station, one of which returns short videos. Read more
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GOES-R Satellites
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NOAA's GOES-R Satellite Solar Array Spreads its Wing Engineers completed the deployment of the Solar Array Wing Assembly including the Solar Pointing Platform in a cleanroom facility where the GOES-R satellite is being assembled. The Sun Pointing Platform holds two of the GOES-R space weather i...
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Soyuz-2.1a launch
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The first launch of a Soyuz-2.1a after the Progress-M27M carrier rocket accident will take place at the end of this week Read more
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Directv-15
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Ariane 5's second launch of 2015 An Ariane 5 lifted off last night from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits. The launch of flight VA223 occurred on 27 May at 21:16 GMT (23:16 CEST, 18:16 local time). Read more
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ALOS-2 satellite
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Japan to deploy imaging satellite in islands disputes Japan's space agency is offering to use a high-resolution imaging satellite to monitor shipping near disputed islands, in the agency's first-ever maritime surveillance mission. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled...
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Global Xpress satellite
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Proton failure to delay Inmarsat Global Xpress roll-out The completion of the UK's biggest commercial space project is facing several months of delay. Inmarsat of London has confirmed that the roll-out of its new Global Xpress satellite network is on hold while Russia probes the latest failure of...
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MexSat-1
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Launch of MexSat-1 on Russian Proton-M Rocket Spoiler
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GPS IIF-2 satellite
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Officials from Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Centre announced the delivery of the second in the series of twelve GPS IIF space vehicles to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., April 20. GPS IIF SV-2 is expected to be launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket la...
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Sentinel-6a
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Sentinel-6a to measure ocean height The sixth Sentinel in Europe's ambitious new multi-billion-euro Earth-observation project has been contracted from industry. Sentinel-6a will measure changes in the height of the oceans - a key indicator for understanding weather and climate. Read more
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Saudi Geo Satellite-1
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Arianespace to launch HellaSat-4/SGS-1 for Arabsat and KACST Arianespace, Arabsat and King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced today the signature of a launch service contract for the Hellasat-4/Saudi Geo Satellite-1 satellite. The satellite will be built by Lockhe...
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THOR 7 satellite
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide a multi-mission spacecraft for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc). The satellite, THOR 7, will include Telenor's first Ka-band payload, which will be...
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Sicral 2 satellite
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Arianespace will orbit the Sicral 2 military telecommunications satellite Arianespace today announced that it has signed a service & solutions launch contract with Telespazio to orbit the new-generation Sicral 2 military telecommunications satellite as of November 2013. With a liftoff...
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