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by Peter B. de Selding — August 23, 2013 The Kompsat-5/Arirang-5 X-band synthetic aperture radar spacecraft adds radar to South Korea's existing optical Earth observation satellite capacity. Credit: KARI artist's…
SpaceX awarded first European government contract via SARah missions August 8, 2013 by Chris Bergin no alt In a milestone launch contract award for SpaceX, the Californian company will use…
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has contracted SpaceX to launch Canada's RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM), which consists of three satellites, on a Falcon 9 rocket sometime in 2018. "SpaceX…
July 30, 2013 by Chris Bergin SpaceX have announced the award of a reservation contract that lines them up as the launch service provider for three satellites that will make…
BANGALORE: US space agency Nasa and India's premier space agency Isro are in talks for jointly building a satellite for the first time. "Now, there is a feasibility study going…
Ball’s Radarsat-1 Was On the Ball For 12 Years More Than Expected! [SatNews] Canadian government’s Earth observation satellite concluded its mission after serving for more than 17 years—12 years…
PRESS RELEASE FROM NASA NEWS | JUNE 27, 2013 Trailblazer Sea Satellite Marks its Coral Anniversary Artist's concept of Seasat. Image Credit: NASA/JPL › Larger view "The true worth of…
Jun 10, 2013 Amy Svitak | Aviation Week & Space Technology Ten years ago Turkey pledged to invest more in space technology as a means to improve the nation's intelligence-gathering,…
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will provide the launch services for Germany’s second-generation radar reconnaissance satellite system. Gwynne Shotwell: “The satellites, provided by OHB System AG and Astrium…
Space mystery causes 'technical anomaly' knocking out Canada's first commercial satellite. A “technical anomaly” appears to have knocked out Canada’s Radarsat-1 satellite, which has been beaming images of everything from…