Expansion broadband Africa thanks to Boeing GiSAT satellite
Boeing will build a 702 satellite, called GiSAT, with a new digital payload offering twice the capacity of previous digital payload designs. The customer, Cayman…
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Countdown to Launch: Lockheed Martin-Built WorldView-4 Imaging Satellite Encapsulated for Sept. 16 Launch
Vandenberg air force Base, Calif., Sept. 8, 2016 – The WorldView-4 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), has been encapsulated in…
Airbus Defence and Space’s PerúSAT-1 satellite ready for take-off
• PerúSAT-1 is Peru’s first satellite • Preparations complete for satellite launch scheduled for 16 September 2016 The PerúSAT-1 satellite, designed and built by Airbus…
NASA’s Record-breaking Astronaut, Crewmates Safely Return to Earth
NASA astronaut and Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams returned to Earth Tuesday after his U.S. record-breaking mission aboard the International Space Station. Williams and his…
ESA found Philae on comet
Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta’s high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes during test firing in Florida
(Reuters) An explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk’s SpaceX during routine test firing at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, shaking…
Boeing Delivers Advanced Satellite Communications Network to Mexico
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 25, 2016 – Boeing [NYSE:BA] has delivered one of the world’s most advanced satellite communications systems to Mexico, one that opens…
Earthquake in Italy: e-GEOS, within the Copernicus program, provides satellite images, maps and data in support of the rescue operation
In the early hours of this morning the operating centres in Rome and Matera of e-GEOS, the joint venture between Telespazio (Leonardo – Finmeccanica/Thales) and…
Lockheed Martin’s GOES-R Weather Satellite ready to Launch
NOAA’s newest weather satellite, GOES-R, left its Colorado home where it was built and is now in Florida where it will undergo preparations for a…
Proba-3, can view the sun’s corona without bothering about shadows
Every 18 months or so, scientists and sensation-seekers gather at set points on Earth’s surface, to await awe-inspiring solar eclipses. The Moon briefly blocks the…
Northrop Grumman’s Astro Aerospace Completes NISAR Reflector Preliminary Design Review
CARPINTERIA, Calif., Aug. 17, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Astro Aerospace, a Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) company, has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the…
NASA Prepares to Launch First U.S. Asteroid Sample Return Mission
NASA is preparing to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The mission will help scientists investigate how planets…