NASA + Orbital Sciences—The Rollout + A First For Antares (Launch Prep)
[SatNews] An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket was photographed as it is rolled out to...
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UPDATE: Statement From SpaceX… Big Bird Soars On Mission With THAICOM 6 Satellite (Launch Of Falcon 9)
[SatNews] The launch was successful...next comes the the delivery of all that payload power.
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Bolivia + China—Off + Away For TKSat-1 (Launch)
[SatNews] Dissimilar to the failure of the CBERS-3 launch on December 9th, TKSat-1 made spatial headway on December 20th at 17:02 UTC, as this first telecommunications ...
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NASA + United Launch Alliance—Foresight For InSight (Satellite Launch—Contract)
[SatNews] NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colorado, to launch the...
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Arianespace—Vega Victories (Business)
[SatNews] Arianespace has signed a contract to launch two satellites into low...
Read MoreArianespace + ESA—Sitting Atop Soyuz (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] The Gaia billion-star mapper is one major step closer to its unprecedented exploration mission, as the European-built spacecraft has now been...
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Arianespace + ESA—A Starry Start For Gaia (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Europe’s Gaia spacecraft—to be lofted by Arianespace next week on a mission to map the Milky Way – has “seen” its initial stars...
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Orbital Sciences + NASA—A Cygnus Hold (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] At NASA's direction, Orbital Sciences Corporation’s (NYSE: ORB) Cygnus operations team deferred loading the mission's final cargo...
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Orbital Sciences + Vanguard Space Technologies… SES-8 Launch (Launch) Success Is A Good Reflection Of A Job Well Done
[SatNews] In addition to the design, analysis and fabrication of the reflectors, the Company also performed sine vibration, acoustic and thermal distortion testing.
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Arianespace—Establishing A Brazilian Satellite Send Off (Business)
[SatNews] Stéphane Israël, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Nelson Salgado, CEO of Visiona Tecnologia Espacial S.A., have signed a launch contract for the...
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