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ORBCOMM celebrates new Sterling headquarters
03 Sep 2025 19:30 GMT
… -based Orbital Sciences Corp. in the early 1990s, pioneering low Earth orbit satellite …
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The Last Commercial Lockheed Aircraft In America Still Airworthy
18 Aug 2025 16:24 GMT
… . It was acquired by Orbital Sciences in 1992, which had … operate as a mothership. Orbital Sciences had considered acquiring other aircraft … mothership for a while. Orbital Sciences was later acquired by … used to deploy small satellites weighing up to 1, …
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SpaceX may launch biodegradable wooden satellite made of magnolia to combat ozone layer damage With more than 2,000 satellites scheduled to launch annually in the next few years, the aluminum particles they'll float upon re-entry could prove damaging…
22 Feb 2024 19:56 GMT
… aluminum particles that current satellites leave floating for … launching Starlink and other satellites at the scheduled pace … while looking for biodegradable satellite alternatives. After testing many … by SpaceX or the Orbital Sciences Cygnus supply ship, and …
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Youngkin Joins in Celebration of ORBCOMM HQ in Loudoun County
15 Aug 2025 14:28 GMT
… grew out of Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corp. in the early 1990s … messaging through low Earth orbit satellites to track equipment and goods …
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Old NASA satellite tumbles to Earth over Sahara Desert, agency says
21 Apr 2023 18:18 GMT
… Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service.
… The spacecraft launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket.
Before … Solar Spectroscopic Imager) solar observation satellite. ((NASA via AP))
During …
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NASA confirms 660-pound satellite has crashed into Earth after 21 years in orbit
21 Apr 2023 14:17 GMT
… blog that a decommissioned satellite reentered Earth's … launched.
The retired NASA satellite is called the Reuven … Egypt border.
Astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell took … in 2002 aboard the Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket …
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Hunt for dead NASA satellite as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere
20 Apr 2023 10:19 GMT
… 21:50 ET yesterday).
Satellite tracking data suggests it … 39;s new Starlink internet satellites deorbited this month, fells … .
RHESSI launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket, … been taken.
Where the satellite could have crashed: NASA …
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NASA DENIES huge flash above Ukraine sky that launched air raid alert was its satellite
20 Apr 2023 06:18 GMT
… above Ukraine was a satellite falling to earth and … result of a Nasa space satellite falling to Earth,' … 39;s new Starlink internet satellites deorbited this month, fells … 292.
RHESSI launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket, …
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Nasa denies claims RHESSI satellite crashed in Ukraine after fireball ‘meteor’ explodes over Kyiv amid air raid alert
19 Apr 2023 21:31 GMT
… denied claims its RHESSI satellite was responsible for the … fearing a defunct Nasa satellite was fallingCredit: Twitter
Residents … Nasa later said the satellite safely remained in orbit, … was launched with an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket …
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NASA says 'dead' satellite to crash into earth on April 19; check details
18 Apr 2023 10:20 GMT
NASA's retired satellite Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar … Defense, which is monitoring the satellite, expects the 660-pound spacecraft … it was launched atop an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket.
Kuwait …