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Tuesday, 31 July 2012 19:01

Raytheon

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Raytheon Company is an American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and commercial electronics. 

Established in 1922, the company re-incorporated in 1928 and adopted its present name in 1959. The company has around 72,000 employees worldwide.

Monday, 02 July 2012 04:00

Intespace

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Intespace is a service and engineering company in Toulouse, France, providing a complete set of environment simulation test facilities in the domains of Space, Aeronautics and Defence.

It offers mechanical, acoustic, thermal and radio electric testing to European industrialists, allowing validation of systems and equipment prior to operational implementation.

(source: http://www.intespace.fr/english/page/home-page/1164-about-intespace.html)

Monday, 30 July 2012 14:50

Astrotech Corporation

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Astrotech Corporation, formerly Spacehab Inc., is an aerospace company headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, which provides commercial space products and services (to NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, etc.)

The Company changed its name to Astrotech Corporation in 2009 to align the corporate name with the company's core business offering, Astrotech Space Operation. Astrotech Space Operations provides support necessary for government and commercial customers to process their satellite hardware for launch, including planning; construction and use of unique equipment and facilities; and spacecraft checkout, encapsulation, fueling, and transport. In its 29 year history, Astrotech has supported the processing of more than 290 spacecraft.

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Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university located within the town of Henrietta in the Rochester, New York metropolitan area.

RIT is composed of nine academic colleges. It is widely known for its fine arts, computing, engineering, and imaging science programs.

RIT has collaborated with many industry players in the field of research as well, including IBM, Xerox, NASA, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

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The Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (ABAE; In English, Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities) is an organisation belonging to Venezuela's Ministry of the Popular Power for Science and Technology. Its mission is to develop and carry out the policies of Venezuela's Executive Power regarding the peaceful uses of outer space. Previously was known as Centro Espacial Venezolano(CEV; In English, Venezuelan Space Centre). Since its inception it has been working in the project of the first Venezuelan satellite named Simón Bolívar Satellite which became operative on October 29, 2008.

Thursday, 26 July 2012 08:25

Antrix Corporation Ltd

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Antrix Corporation Limited is commercial wing of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The name "Antrix" is an anglicized version of Antariksh, from the Sanskrit word for "space" or "sky".

Antrix Corporation Limited is a wholly owned Government of India Company under the administrative control of the Department of Space, Government of India. Antrix Corporation Limited was incorporated as a private limited company owned by Government of India, in September 1992 as a Marketing arm of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for promotion and commercial exploitation of space products, technical consultancy services and transfer of technologies developed by ISRO. Another major objective is to facilitate development of space related industrial capabilities in India.

Thursday, 26 July 2012 07:57

EnerGEO

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Earth observation for monitoring and assessment of the environmental impact of energy use.

The EnerGEO project consists of 12 partners from 6 countries and  has a duration of 4 years. The project started 1November 2009

Thursday, 26 July 2012 07:39

HYLAS-1

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HYLAS (or HYLAS-1) is a British satellite in geostationary orbit.

HYLAS-1, which is an acronym for Highly Adaptable Satellite, is a communications satellite and was launched by the European Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guyana Space Centre at Kourou in French Guyana.

It is located at the orbital location of 33.5 degrees west and will provide communications services including High Definition Television (HDTV) and interactive satellite delivered broadband services.

The Hylas satellite operator is Avanti Communications.

Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:27

TET-1

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TET-1 (Technologieer-probungsträger 1) is the core element of DLR's On-Orbit Verification Program(OOV). The main aim of this program is to test new space technologies in a space environment over a period of one year. Eleven experiments will be accommodated by Kayser-Threde on board the satellite which has a mass of 120 kg. The TET-Bus is based on the BIRD satellite structure.

TET-1 was launched July 22, 2012.

Wednesday, 25 July 2012 14:46

OSCAR

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OSCAR is an acronym for Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. OSCAR series amateur radio satellites use amateur radio frequency allocations to facilitate communication between amateur radio stations.

These satellites can be used for free by licensed amateur radio operators for voice (FM, SSB) and data communications (AX.25, packet radio,APRS). Currently over 20 fully operational satellites in orbit act as repeaters, linear transponders or store and forward digital relays.

Throughout the years OSCAR satellites have helped make breakthroughs in the science of satellite communications. A few advancements include the launch of the first satellite voice transponder (OSCAR 3) and the development of highly advanced digital "store-and-forward" messaging transponder techniques. To date, over 70 OSCARs have been launched with more to be launched in the future.

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