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Lockheed Martin Targets SmallSats With Athena Rockets, Sees Market for 12 Launches a Year
[Via Satellite 06-12-2014] In a move to capture the ever-growing small satellite market, Lockheed Martin resurrected the Athena rocket family to provide dedicated small satellite launches. Constructed by Lockheed Martin […]
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Measat 3B Launch Rescheduled to September
[Via Satellite 06-05-2014] Measat rescheduled the launch of its Measat 3B satellite to September 2014 from the previously arranged date of June 6, 2014. The satellite will remain in storage […]
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RSCC’s Express AT2 Satellite Enters Service, Express AM6 Delivered to Launch Base
[Via Satellite 06-02-2014] The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) began broadcasting services to the Far East region through the Express AT2 satellite, which was launched into orbit on March 16, […]
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Sea Launch Successfully Sends Eutelsat 3B into Orbit
[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Sea Launch successfully placed the Eutelsat 3B satellite into orbit on the Zenit 3SL rocket, launched from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket […]
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Optus Postpones Arianespace Flight VA218
[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] The co-launch of the MEASAT 3B satellite and Optus Networks’ Optus 10 satellite, originally scheduled for June 6, 2014, has been postponed due to repairs requested for […]
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Lockheed Martin Sets Launch Date for WorldView 3 Satellite
[Via Satellite 05-23-2014] Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services has set the launch date for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 3 remote sensing satellite for Aug. 13 2014. The spacecraft will launch aboard an […]
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Northern Sky Research Releases Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Industry Report
[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] According to the newly released report by Northern Sky Research (NRS) “Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services (SMLS), Fourth Edition,” the satellite industry ordered and launched more than […]
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Boeing Confirms First Signals from ULA-Launched GPS 2F6 Satellite
[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] The most recent Boeing-built Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F satellite sent its first signals from space following its launch on Friday, May 16, 2014. This marks the […]
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Proton-M Rocket Crashes in Third Stage of Launch of Express AM4R Satellite
[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] The Russian Proton M rocket suffered an unspecified failure during the third stage of the launch for Airbus Defence and Space’s Express AM4R satellite. The failure occurred […]
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Mitsubishi to Provide Launch Services for Sky Perfect JSAT for First Time
[Via Satellite 05-14-2014] Sky Perfect JSAT has agreed to use Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H2A launch vehicle for the first time to launch a satellite in 2016 from the Tanegashima Space […]
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Federal Court Lifts Ban on RD-180 Engines, Russian Cooperation Uncertain
[Via Satellite 05-13-2014] The United States Court of Federal Claims has dissolved a ban on Russian-built RD-180 engines manufactured by NPO Energomash. The ban was prompted by a preliminary injunction […]
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Spaceflight Inc.’s First Sherpa Flight Almost Fully Booked With SmallSats
[Via Satellite 05-08-2014] Spaceflight Inc., a company dedicated to launching small satellites, has nearly filled all the slots for the maiden flight of its Sherpa hosted payload and in-space transportation […]
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Federal Court Bans ULA from Purchasing RD-180 Engines
[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] The United States Court of Federal Claims has restricted the joint Boeing–Lockheed Martin launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) from purchasing RD-180 engines manufactured by Russia’s NPO Energomash. […]
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Arianespace to Launch Indonesian BRIsat
[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] Arianespace signed a contract with Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) for the launch of the bank’s first satellite, BRIsat. The contract ceremony took place in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jacques […]
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Canada Cancels Com Dev’s M3M Satellite Launch Over Ukraine-Crisis
[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Due to rising tensions with Russia after the events in Ukraine, the Canadian government has decided not to continue with the Russian Soyuz launch of Com Dev’s […]
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Russia Dual Launches KazSat 3 and Loutch 5V Satellites
[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] A Proton-M rocket has successfully launched the communication satellites KazSat3 and Loutch 5V from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Thales Alenia Space provided the payload for KazSat […]
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SSL-Built Optus 10 Satellite Scheduled to Launch
[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has successfully delivered the Optus 10 satellite, designed and built for the Australian satellite provider Optus, to the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. […]
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Kazakhstan’s First Earth Observation Satellite Placed into Orbit
[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite, KazEOSat 1, built by Airbus Defence and Space, was successfully placed into orbit on board an Arianespace Vega launcher from the spaceport […]
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ATK Merges Aerospace and Defense Group with Orbital Sciences
[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Citing key synergies between the two companies, Orbital Sciences and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have announced a $5 billion merger to create one unified aerospace and defense company. […]
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ULA Releases Statement on SpaceX Suit
[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] United Launch Alliance (ULA) released a statement addressing the SpaceX suit against the U.S. Air Force’s block buy of 36 cores from ULA for the Evolved Expendable […]
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SpaceX Files Suit Against Air Force, Provides Update on Reusability
[Via Satellite 04-28-2014] SpaceX is filing suit in the United States court of federal claims against the U.S. Air Force’s block buy of 36 cores from United Launch Alliance (ULA) […]
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It all Started with a Suit: The Story Behind Shotwell’s Rise to SpaceX
A sharply dressed female engineer who was a speaker at a Society of Women Engineers’ event in 1979 at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago was the connection for Gwynne Shotwell to pursue a career
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ATK to Build Composite Structures for Air Force’s Phase 1 EELV
[Via Satellite 04-21-2014] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has awarded a $178 million contract to ATK for hardware orders for the United States Air Force’s Phase 1 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle […]
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SpaceX to Use Historic NASA Complex for Commercial Launches
[Via Satellite 04-16-2014] SpaceX has signed a 20-year agreement with NASA for use of the agency’s historical Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, the launch site of numerous Apollo […]
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Measat 3b Satellite Transported to Launch Base
[Via Satellite 04-16-2014] Airbus has successfully completed the final integration and testing of Measat 3b. The satellite was transported to Kourou, French Guiana for a dual launch with the SSL-built […]
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Top Student Rocketry Teams Head to Capital Region for TARC Finals
[Via Satellite 04-11-2014] The top 100 scoring teams from across the United States in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) will travel to Great Meadow in The Plains, Va. to […]
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Arianespace Launches First Copernicus Satellite
[Via Satellite 04-11-2014] Arianespace launched the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first Copernicus environmental satellite, Sentinel 1A, on April 3 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This mission is the […]
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RSCC Gunning to Become Satellite Industry’s Fifth Largest Player
Currently in the midst of a massive constellation renewal effort, Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) is building out a fresh fleet of satellites that it hopes will propel the company […]
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Sea Launch Relocates Headquarters to Nyon, Switzerland
[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] Sea Launch is relocating its corporate headquarters from Bern to Nyon, Switzerland, in the canton of Vaud. “This move allows Sea Launch to take advantage of Nyon’s […]
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Orbital Sciences SmallSat Launch Vehicle to Carry NASA Earth Science Mission
[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] NASA has granted Orbital Sciences a contract to launch the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) multi-satellite mission on board the Pegasus XL rocket. Orbital’s Stargazer L […]





























