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NBN Co Spends AUD $620 Million on Satellites to Boost Rural Broadband

NBN Co Spends AUD $620 Million on Satellites to Boost Rural Broadband

NBN Co has contracted US company Space Systems / Loral to deliver two satellites designed to boost broadband service in rural Australia. The deal is worth AUD $620 million. It…

Satellites Launch Successfully Aboard Ariane 5 from French Guiana

Satellites Launch Successfully Aboard Ariane 5 from French Guiana

The ASTRA 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R satellites have launched successfully aboard the Ariane 5. The launch took place in Kourou, French Guiana, on August 6th at 19:52 pm local time. The rocket…

Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 Satellite Reaches Orbit

Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 Satellite Reaches Orbit

The Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 Satellite reached orbit on 21st May 2011 after a launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M launch…

Space: Intelsat New Dawn Launched Successfully in French Guiana

Space: Intelsat New Dawn Launched Successfully in French Guiana

The Intelsat New Dawn Satellite has lifted off successfully from Kourou, French Guiana at 5:37 p.m (EDT) on 22nd April 2011. The Ariane 5 vehicle separated successfully at 6:12 p.m.…

Space: Next Falcon 9 Launch to take Two OG2 Satellites

Space: Next Falcon 9 Launch to take Two OG2 Satellites

ORBCOMM Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies have announced plans to carry the first two ORBCOMM next-generation OG2 satellites to orbit on the next Falcon 9 launch in 2011. Falcon 9…

Space: The Development of Single-Stage Space Flight

Space: The Development of Single-Stage Space Flight

Dr Robert Charles Parkinson MBE has worked for the Rocket Propulsion Establishment, Perme, British Aerospace, Matra Marconi and Astrium. He has had papers published in Spaceflight and JBIS. He also…

French Guiana: Intelsat New Dawn Satellite Launch on 29th March 2011

French Guiana: Intelsat New Dawn Satellite Launch on 29th March 2011

The Intelsat New Dawn Satellite is set to be launched from the Arianespace launch site in Kourou, French Guiana on 29th March 2011. Convergence Partners and Intelsat S.A. are paying…

NASA Contract for ASRC Management Services

NASA Contract for ASRC Management Services

ASRC Management Services has been awarded a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering and Technology Services II contract to provide engineering services to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract has…

USA: Tropical Storm Bonnie Heads Over Gulf of Mexico

USA: Tropical Storm Bonnie Heads Over Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico will take another hit in its efforts to clean up the BP oil spill as Tropical Storm Bonnie develops over the next 48 hours. The National…

Japan: Venus Climate Orbiter Launched into Space

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” aboard H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 (H-IIA F17) at 6:58:22 a.m. on 21st…