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Australia to Expand Broadband Services With Ten New Satellite Ground Stations
Australia will build a new satellite ground station to expand National Broadband Network (NBN) services.
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Satellite Images Used to Measure Hurricane Sandy’s Pollution Impact
Satellite imagery is playing an important role to understanding the long-term pollution effects of the storm
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MEXSAT Ready for First Launch
The new Mexican satellite system is ready for its scheduled liftoff on Dec. 19.
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U.S. to Host Space Radar in Australia
Relationship between the United States and Australia grow stronger with new plans of hosting an advanced space radar that helps track orbital debris
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NASA’s Satellite Made from Smartphones Wins Popular Science Award
NASA's PhoneSat project received the Innovation in Aerospace 2012 Popular Science's Best of What's New Award.
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Satellite Images Indicate North Korea Working on Missiles Again
At least two liquid-fueld large-rocket engine tests have been performed in North Korea, ignoring international pressures.
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Clock is Ticking for South Korea’s Satellite Launch
South Korea depends on Russia for successfully launching satellite in 10 days.
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Russia Regains Communications With ISS and Satellites
A broken cable caused Roscosmos to lose communications with civilian satellites and the International Space Station
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Global Warming Could be Affecting Satellite Orbits
New study suggests global warming could be causing a reduction in the pull of the Earth's atmosphere.
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UK Announces Additional Funding for ESA
The British Government plans to emerge as world leader in the space industry
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Africa’s First Vendor-Neutral Satellite Earth Station to be Completed in 2013
Teraco Data Environments plans to finish the Teraco Teleport by March.
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Top Russian Official Acknowledges Corruption in Satellite Navigation Project
A top government official has confirmed corruption allegations in Russia's satellite navigation system.
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‘Dronestagram’ Takes UAV’s Strikes to Social Media
A new Instagram account shows satellite images of U.S. drone strikes in Asia and the Middle East.
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Iran Plans Fourth Satellite Launch on Solid-Fueled Missile
The Iranian government announced plans to launch a GEO satellite on a solid-fueled missile developed by the late senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam.
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Telesat Terminates Broadcasting and Business with Iran
Telesat has announced it will stop broadcasting programming and content from the Iranian regime.
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ISS to Earth Internet-Like Communication Test Successful
A new prototype developed by NASA and ESA opens up possibilities to control robots in other planets from Earth.
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NASA to Hire Commercial Satellite Operators for Scientific Payload
NASA plans to use commercial satellites for scientific missions starting with an air pollution monitor.
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Dish Network Hints Possibility of Attempting Merger with DirecTV Again
After reporting a loss of subscribers, Dish Network and DirecTV could give the possibility of merger another try.
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Satellite Data Could Help Forecast Volcanic Eruptions
Using the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) on the Japanese ALOS satellite, scientists observe how Earth deforms before a volcano eruption.
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Intelsat Becomes Sole Owner and Operator of New Dawn
Convergence Partners and the Consortium of South African investors it led have exited the New Dawn satellite venture.
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ULA to Redesign Launch Complex for Manned Missions
United Launch Alliance, in partnership with Boeing, is expected to officially announce Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to redesign pad 41.
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SpaceX’s Reusable Rocket Takes Second Hop
SpaceX reusable vertical takeoff and landing rocket "Grasshopper" took its second test flight.
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Air Force, NASA Fabricate Satellite to Study Space Debris
NASA and the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center are developing a satellite to perform a hypervelocity impact experiment to examine space debris.
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First Austrian Satellite Preparing for Launch
Austria will launch its first satellite in December with the objective of studying the nature of stars.
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SpaceX Takes Next Step Toward Manned Flight
SpaceX has successfully completed the first three performance milestones toward sending passengers in its spacecraft.
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Pakistan’s GNSS to Start Operations in 2013
SUPARCO will have an operational constellation of navigation satellites orbiting Earths starting June 2013
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European Satellites Identify Breaches on Earth’s Magnetic Field
ESA's study from its Cluster satellite mission indicates that the magnetic field that protects life on Earth from the Sun's excess radiation frequently experiences harmful breaches.
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SpaceX Signs Deal to Stay in Hawthorne Until 2022
SpaceX has signed a deal with the city of Hawthorne, Calif. to maintain their main offices there at least until 2022
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India Takes Over NASA’s Defunct Satellite to Track Sandy
ISRO's OSCAT radar scatterometer has been critical in helping track superstorm Sandy
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Gazprom Space Systems to Launch Two Satellites Before 2013
In what is left of 2012, Russian telecommunications company Gazprom Space Systems is planning to launch two Yamal-class satellites