DLR on SES
DLR’s Gerd Gruppe said Germany’s policy in the European Data Relay System (EDRS) and the Electra all-electric telecommunications satellite programs are the same: Help industry get a footing in a promising technology,...
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ESA postpones launch of Galileo nav sats as 10 atomic clocks show in-orbit failures
Europe’s Galileo positioning, navigation and timing program has suffered outages of nine atomic clocks and is uncertain of the cause. The problem has not resulted in a satellite failure as each satellite has four clocks,...
Read MoreThuraya brief
Credit: Thuraya PARIS — Mobile satellite services provider Thuraya Telecommunications Co. on Jan. 14 dismissed a Chinese company’s announcement that it would raise $200 million to purchase Thuraya, saying no negotiations with...
Read MoreIridium NEXT launch
The successful launch of the first 10 Iridium Next satellites by SpaceX removes a major risk to Iridium’s business, which relies on a first-generation constellation whose satellites were scheduled to retire years ago....
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