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On the first flight of its new Space Launch System (SLS), NASA will demonstrate the rocket’s heavy-lift capability and send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft into deep space. The agency will also take advantage of additional available mass and space to provide the rare opportunity to send more than a dozen small satellites, called CubeSats, to…
NASA and Bigelow Aerospace today evaluated why the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) attached to the ISS did not fully expand as planned. A new attempt is currently scheduled for Saturday. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016052704
UrtheCast Corp. announced that it will receive C$5.0 million in Government of Canada Technology Development Program ("TDP") funding, as part of a C$54 million contribution programme for the development of new satellite technologies, as administered by the Government of Canada. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016052705
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/05/27/itc-global-talks-motives-for-panasonic-avionics-acquisition/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/05/27/ses-raises-1-billion-to-buy-all-of-o3b-networks/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/05/27/myanmar-teams-with-intelsat-to-advance-2g-and-3g-wireless-networks/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/05/27/deep-space-industries-to-manufacture-hawkeye-360-smallsats/
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/05/27/speedcast-to-connect-racing-yachts-for-transat-ag2r-la-mondiale/
Lift-off of a SpaceX Falcon 9 with Thaicom 8 on board did not take place as scheduled at 2140 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016052600
Bolivian personnel have taken over the operations of the country’s Chinese-built Tupac Katari satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016052601