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Orbital Sciences Comments on US Satellite Plan
Orbital Sciences Antares rocket. Image credit: Orbital Tags: Orbital Sciences, Budget Cuts, Satellite Launch Publication: News.Yahoo.com Publication Date: 02/19/2013 Orbital Sciences’ Michael Hamel, head of business development, has expressed his...
Government/Military
Orbcomm to Relocate Headquarters
Orbcomm has announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters from Fort Lee, N.J. to Rochelle Park, N.J. today.
Weather Satellite Captures Images of Russian Meteor Explosion
A weather satellite spotted the meteor that exploded the Ural Mountains in Russia early Friday morning. The object caused a sonic boom as it entered Earth’s atmosphere and injured hundreds of people in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region, approximately 930 miles east of Moscow.
GOA Labels Weather Satellite Gap High Risk
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has officially labeled the forthcoming gap in weather satellite coverage as high risk. Solving this problem was one of two new issues added to the office’s list of high-risk programs and topics, which is updated every two years.