Orbital ATK’s Cygnus A Performance Artist In Space… No Trapeze Necessary For These Space Experiments
“The OA-5 mission was filled with numerous accomplishments...”
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Satellite Believed To Be Deceased Decides To Chat
This was one of the satellites designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory at MIT between 1965 and 1976 for testing satellite communication techniques.
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Togetherness For Two Chinese Spacecraft
The rendezvous occurred about 393 kilometers above Earth
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MOU Takes Flight Between OHB Systems AG, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Telespazio & ESA
OHB System AG (Germany), Sierra Nevada Corporation (USA) and Telespazio SpA (Italy) have teamed with ESA to create the Dream Chaser for European Utilization (DC4EU).
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Eclipse Avoidance For India’s Mars Orbiter
The intention is to maneuver the spacecraft so that the impact of eclipse duration will be reduced.
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GOES-3 Satellite Goes Dark And Cold After 21 Years In Antarctica<br />
Over 14 days and 20 orbital adjustment maneuvers, the satellite was carefully nudged into a 'graveyard' orbit, safely removed from the other still-operating geostationary satellites
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Eight Years Past Its Projected Life NSRO Pulls The Plug On FORMOSAT-2
It was a good run, and a hard worker... lasting eight years past its projected lifetime.
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ST Electronics’ Agilis Image Instigation
The initiation of services follows an intensive In-Orbit-Test (IOT) of the satellite since the launch of TeLEOS-1 on December 16th, 2015.
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SSL Is All Up In Arms About Assisting DARPA In Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites
The contract is for two complete robotic arm systems, which would be able to carefully capture and berth with satellites that were not previously designed for docking.
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No Fooling — Refueling An On Orbit Satellite Is A Chinese First
China's National University of Defense Technology has now reported that the nation has successfully completed an on orbit refueling of an orbital satellite
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