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SSTL to build satellites for FORMOSAT-7’s global weather forecasting programme
SSTL has been awarded the contract by the National Space Organization (NSPO) in Taiwan for the design and manufacture of up to twelve satellite platforms for the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 constellation. The contract was awarded in an open international competition, with SSTL providing the most cost-effective solution. The FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 mission is a joint civil programme between NSPO […]
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SORCE Heliophysics Science Satellite Celebrates Ten Years in Orbit
Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that the company is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the launch and successful operation of the company-built Solar and Radiation Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite. Ten years ago today, SORCE was launched into orbit aboard Orbital’s Pegasus rocket in a mission that originated […]
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Boeing Ships 3rd Intelsat 702MP Satellite for Launch
The third of four 702 Medium Power (MP) satellites that Boeing is manufacturing for Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of satellite services, arrived at the Long Beach, Calif., home port of launch provider Sea Launch on Nov. 28. Scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2013, Intelsat 27 is designed to provide media, […]
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Star One C3 Communications Satellite Launched
Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced the Star One C3 communications satellite, built by the company for Star One S.A., was successfully launched into orbit on Saturday, November 10 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. Over the next several weeks, Orbital will work with […]