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The TET-1 Satellite has Septentrio on board. (Image: ESA)

Septentrio PolaRx2 Receiver Orbits Earth on Board TET-1 Satellite

September 18, 2013

Septentrio announced today that a PolaRx2 receiver has reached more than 330 hours of successful operation on board […]


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The research satellite CASSIOPE on a test platform at the Canadian Space Agency’s David Florida Laboratory. CASSIOPE hosts the GPS Attitude, Positioning, and Profiling instrument designed by GGE researchers. It is currently scheduled for launch in 2010. The four white antennas on the left-facing side of the spacecraft will be used to determine the position, velocity, and attitude of the spacecraft while the antenna on the upper side will be used to profile the ionosphere’s electron density. Photograph courtesy of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.

UNB Technology Space Launch Delayed

September 16, 2013

Update: Elon Musk, SpaceX’s CEO and chief designer, has posted an update on the status of the upcoming […]


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BeiDou-2/Compass G3 Satellite Moved

November 28, 2012

News courtesy of CANSPACE listerv. The BeiDou-2/Compass geostationary satellite, G3, was moved between about November 7 and 22 […]


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GeoEye to Receive Payment of $111 Million from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

June 8, 2012

GeoEye, Inc. announced that it has successfully passed a major milestone for the development of the GeoEye-2 satellite under the EnhancedView program. GeoEye’s completion of this milestone triggers the $111 million cost-share payment from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).


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