For the first time ever, a telecommunications satellite has used an iodine propellant to change its orbit around Earth.
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Jan 22, 2021
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Four tiger sharks have been tagged with a new device that will help conservationists to conduct detailed analysis of their migrations over years.
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2019
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SpaceX's plan to provide broadband access will take a big step forward Thursday night as the Elon Musk-led firm prepares to launch five dozen small satellites on a single rocket. They will eventually become part of a network ...
Space Exploration
May 16, 2019
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Today's smart cities rely on networks: squillions of semiconductor devices that constantly pulse electromagnetic waves (light and radio frequencies) through telecommunications satellites.
Space Exploration
Jan 2, 2019
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A Russian Proton-M booster rocket carrying a U.S.-built commercial satellite has had a successful liftoff from Kazakhstan.
Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2017
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An Ariane 5 rocket carrying two telecommunications satellites for South Korea and Brazil blasted off Thursday in a launch which had been delayed since March 20 due to a crippling strike in French Guiana.
Space Exploration
May 5, 2017
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A satellite launch delayed since March 20 due to a crippling general strike in French Guiana, will go ahead on Thursday, launch firm Arianespace said.
Space Exploration
May 3, 2017
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ESA's new small telecom platform was launched on its first mission in the early hours of this morning.
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2017
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Four Galileo satellites lifted off on board the Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on Thursday and will soon be detectable by European smartphones.
Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2016
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China will carry out on Friday, Jan. 15 its first orbital mission this year, sending a Belarusian telecommunications satellite into space. The Belintersat-1 spacecraft will be lofted into orbit by a Chinese workhorse Long ...
Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2016
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