Space
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BudgetCOMSAT Operators Probing Insurers For Potential Value In Using Their Own Space Data
Commercial satellite operators that are part of a non-profit organization called the Space Data Association (SDA) are in discussions with insurers to see what value they might find in operators […]
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Budget
SpaceX Will Soon Attempt To Return Falcon 9 First Stage, Musk Says
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will attempt to return the first stage of one of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets early next year during its third Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) […]
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Business/FinancialORBCOMM Acquires Asset Tracking Operations From Comtech
ORBCOMM Inc. [ORBC] yesterday said it has acquired the secure tracking and messaging product business from Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., supporting its strategy to strengthen its position as a leading […]
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Air ForceAir Force Keeps ORS Office Open; Henrich Lifts Hold On James For Air Force Secretary
Due to the Air Force’s decision to keep the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office open through fiscal year 2014, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) said he lifted his hold on Air […]
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SpaceOrbital, SpaceX Celebrate Successful Space Milestones
Orbital Sciences [ORB] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Sunday celebrated successful milestones as Orbital’s Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft successfully berthed with the International Space Station (ISS) and SpaceX launched […]
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Budget
Companies Respond To Air Force’s Hosted Payloads Solutions RFP
A number of companies in both the satellite manufacturing and operating realms responded to the Air Force’s hosted payload solutions (HoPS) request for proposals (RFP), which is aimed at providing […]
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Air Force
GPS III Prototype, Operational Control System Communicate For First Time
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite prototype communicated with Raytheon’s [RTN] GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System (OCX) for the first time in August during a series of […]
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Space
NASA Aims To Eventually Buy 3D Printed Engine Parts From U.S. Manufacturers
NASA has started a test program that could eventually qualify 3D printed metal rocket engine components from United States manufacturers for use in the agency’s space vehicles. “We want to […]
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Air Force
Exelis Defends Navigation Payload Work On First GPS III Satellite
Exelis [XLS] said yesterday its work developing the navigation payload for the Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite system has resolved “most issues,” one week after the […]
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Space
Orbital Postpones Cygnus’ Rendezvous With ISS To No Earlier Than Saturday
Orbital Sciences [ORB] and NASA postponed the approach, rendezvous, grapple and berthing operations of the company’s Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft with the International Space Station (ISS) to no earlier than […]