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[SatNews] U.S. Space LLC, a U.S.-based creator of dedicated space solutions for government and commercial clients, and ATK [NYSE: ATK], an aerospace, defense, and commercial products company, have announced the creation of ViviSat, a new satellite life extension venture.
Read More[SatNews] Intelsat's Galaxy 15, a communications satellite that had been drifting through geosynchronous orbit for months, disrupting operations of other nearby satellites, is no longer wandering aimlessly.
Read More[SatNews] Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) of Greenbelt, Maryland, won a sole source contract from NASA for Systems Engineering for In-Space Servicing (SEISS).
Read More[SatNews] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully repositioned the UK-DMC-1 spacecraft, which is reaching the end of its operational life, using unspent propellant to reduce the orbital lifetime and the probability of generating space debris.
Read More[SatNews] Fuel is crucial to any satellite's continued operations.
Read More[SatNews] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has successfully completed the maneuver of the Thor III satellite from its previous orbital location of 1 degree West to a new location at 4 degrees West, where the satellite will now reside.
Read MoreGalaxy 15 passed the AMC-11 satellite May 30-31.
Read More[SatNews] As ground controllers grapple with Galaxy 15, the Intelsat satellite that has stopped responding to ground commands and is drifting out from its orbital location at 133 degrees, Scripps Networks has alerted its affiliate distribution partners of its mitigation strategy to ensure that its popular lifestyle programming continues to air without interference.
Read More[SatNews] Due to satellite failure, the orbital incline of the Express-AM1 satellite has been impossible to maintain... this has been the case of as April 24, 2010.
Read MoreNo birthday cake, but just the same the European Columbus research laboratory is celebrating its second successful year of space operations. As an integral part of the International Space Station (ISS), the laboratory has successfully hosted around 50 research experiments from a broad array of scientific disciplines over the last 24 months.
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