15 September 2014
Hispasat gets funds for Hispasat 1F satellite project
Spain-based Hispasat has received €123m financing from Export Development Canada (EDC) for the Hispasat 1F satellite project.
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15 September 2014
Boeing leads for Nasa contract for space shuttle to ISS
Boeing is being tipped to receive a multibillion-dollar contract from Nasa to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and back.
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15 September 2014
ORBCOMM’s OG2 satellites begins commercial service
ORBCOMM has started commercial service of its first six next-generation OG2 satellites, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in July.
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14 September 2014
Nasa launches largest spacecraft welding tool
Nasa has launched a spacecraft welding tool, the Vertical Assembly Center, at its Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, US.
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14 September 2014
Nasa selects Surrey Satellite US to study lighter Landsat sensors
Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center has selected Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US) to study lighter alternatives to the two sensors currently deployed on Landsat 8, an American Earth observation...
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14 September 2014
Bombardier Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft receive EASA certification
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted full type certification for Bombardier’s Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft.
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11 September 2014
Alcoa signs deal to supply aluminium sheets for Boeing aircraft
Alcoa has been awarded a more than $1bn worth of contract by Boeing to supply aluminium sheet and plate products used in wing ribs, wing skins or other structural parts...
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11 September 2014
Nasa’s Orion capsule prepares for deep-space test flight in December
Nasa's Orion exploration capsule has been moved from the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility for fuelling.
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11 September 2014
US researchers test new algorithm for clearing space debris
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US have come up with a new algorithm that could aid in analysing the rotation of objects in space, which will...
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10 September 2014
Nasa selects four firms for suborbital commercial flight services
Nasa has selected four US-based companies to provide commercial suborbital flight services.