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    Steve Jurczyk: NASA Aims to Send Payloads to Mars Through SpaceX’s Red Dragon

    NASA plans to collaborate with SpaceX to use the company’s Red Dragon unmanned spacecraft concept to send payloads designed for technology demonstrations to Mars, Space News reported Thursday. Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for NASA’s space technology mission directorate, said at the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference that potential payloads could include resource utilization-based platforms that could potentially turn water […] More

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    Reuters: Orbital ATK Eyes Development of Rocket Tech Offering for Military Satellite Sector

    Orbital ATK aims to build a rocket technology offering for the U.S. Air Force as part of the company’s push into the national security satellite market, Reuters reported Tuesday. Irene Klotz writes John Steinmeyer, director of business development at Orbital ATK, said at the Space Congress held Tuesday in Florida the company would base its “Next Generation Launcher” on solid-rocket […] More

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    Steve Brannan: Harris CapRock Helps Satellite Operator Build VSAT Hub in Qatar

    Doha, Qatar-based satellite operator Es’hailSat has chosen Harris subsidiary Harris CapRock Communications to build a very small-aperture terminal hub to support the Qatari company’s government and corporate clients. Steve Brannan, a senior project manager at Harris CapRock, said Wednesday the business worked with multiple vendors to develop and install an “advanced” VSAT network for Es’hailSat under a tight deadline. Harris CapRock obtained a government license […] More

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    SpaceNews: SpaceX to Help Launch NRO Satellite in March 2017

    A National Reconnaissance Office spokeswoman has said that Space Exploration Technologies is contracted to launch the NROL-76 national security payload into space for the agency in March next year, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Mike Gruss writes NRO did not disclose which rocket SpaceX will use to lift the NROL-76 satellite at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, nor did the agency provide details about […] More

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    SpaceX Spacecraft Brings Back NASA Research Cargo From 8th ISS Resupply Mission

    SpaceX‘s Dragon spacecraft has returned to Earth with 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo including science and technology samples after a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The space agency said Thursday the spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and will be shipped to California to unload some cargo for NASA and prepare for transport to SpaceX’s facility in […] More

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    Orbital ATK to Launch Thaicom 8 Broadcast Comms Satellite in Late May

    Orbital ATK has delivered the Thaicom 8 communications satellite that it built for Thaicom to Cape Canaveral, Florida, to prepare for a scheduled May launch. The Dulles, Virginia-headquartered company said Friday Thaicom 8 is based on its GEOStar-2TM platform and is designed to support Thailand’s broadcast industry and deliver broadcast and data services to clients across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa. […] More

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    Space News: Iridium NEXT Constellation on Pace for July Launch

    Iridium Communications remains on schedule to launch the first 10 satellites of the Iridium NEXT constellation in July aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes the initial launch date may change by a few weeks based on SpaceX’s availability and will be followed by six sets of 10 satellites that are expected to […] More

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    SpaceX Eyes 2018 for Unmanned Mission to Mars

    SpaceX has announced plans to fly an unmanned space vehicle to Mars by 2018 as part of its Red Dragon Mars mission, Reuters reported Wednesday. Irene Klotz writes NASA will offer technical support to SpaceX on its mission to land Dragon 2 spacecraft in Mars in exchange for entry, descent and landing information that the […] More

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    NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Habitat Module After ISS Integration

    NASA will test a Bigelow Aerospace-developed human-rated expandable habitat to collect data for deep space habitat designs after the structure is installed on the International Space Station. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will be attached to the space station’s Tranquility node using the Canadarm2 robotic arm on April 16 during an estimated four-hour attachment period, NASA said […] More

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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Completes 1st Ocean Landing Following Spacecraft Launch

    A SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket completed a take-off and vertical landing operation on a drone ship at sea Friday after the rocket launched SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to transport 7,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station, Space.com reported Friday. Calla Cofield writes Falcon 9 took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and […] More

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    NASA Launches SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built spacecraft lifted off Friday onboard the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to deliver 7,000 pounds of scientific instruments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. NASA said Saturday the Dragon space vehicle’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks SpaceX’s eighth cargo delivery mission to the ISS under the Commercial Resupply Services contract […] More

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    NASA, SpaceX to Launch 8th ISS Commercial Resupply Services Mission Friday

    NASA will launch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday to deliver 7,000 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies and hardware to the International Space Station as part of the eighth Commercial Resupply Services mission. The agency said Wednesday the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Space Launch Complex […] More