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Nayara Energy selects Hughes India to connect 3,500 retail outlets
Satellite services provider Hughes Communications India on Wednesday announced it has won a contract from oil retailer Nayara Energy to manage a satellite network solution across 3,500 retail outlets.
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Global satellite communication companies get govt's signal booster
The new technology, based on low earth orbit satellites (LEO), which is being used by the two companies, can offer broadband speeds of over 5GBPS
Talking to the moon: European Space Agency pitches lunar satellites plan
The European Space Agency presented a vision Thursday to put satellites in orbit around the moon that would facilitate future missions to Earth's closest neighbour
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China successfully launches new ocean observation satellite Haiyang-2D
The new ocean-monitoring satellite is a part of its effort to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system
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Why Chinese rocket's crash should alert us to the problem of space junk
Navigating the celestial traffic jam caused by defunct rockets, satellites and their debris is both challenging and dangerous
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This aerospace engineer's firm saves fishermen's lives using satellite tech
Thousands of fishermen perish at sea every year due to poor connectivity technology. Parthsarathi Trivedi is addressing this issue via his firm Skylo Technologies, which runs a satellite-based network
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ISRO's commercial arm NSIL bags 4 more contracts, eyes satellite deals
The firm has bagged four more dedicated launch service contracts even as it plans to pursue satellite building deals
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Startups to drive India's quest for a chunk of small satellite launch pie
Frugal innovations by the Indian startup community are bringing down the cost of launching small satellites into space
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DRDO's surveillance satellite sent to space, will help monitor Indian Ocean
The satellite was launched using the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) PSLV-C51 which took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 10:30 am today
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Airbus partners with HyperVerge to generate intelligence using sat images
Airbus announced on Friday it has entered into a partnership with start up HyperVerge to generate intelligence and insights using algorithm that detects changes on satellite images.
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World's richest men, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, fight over satellite fleets
A dispute that would normally be confined to regulatory filings is spilling into public view, in a spat that showcases the large personalities involved as billionaires chase dreams in the sky
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This startup set up by 21-year-olds tracks dead satellites and 'space junk'
Digantara, a company incubated at Indian Insitute of Science (IISc), aims to combat the growing problem of space debris by developing India's first space-based surveillance platform
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Sastra University student builts lightest FEMTO satellite for NASA launch
Femto satellites are satellites with a mass less than 100 grams
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OneWeb launches 36 satellites, to offer high-speed internet in India
The launch puts OneWeb on track to offer global services to customers from late 2021
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Isro to launch PSLV C50 carrying communication satellite CMS-01 on Dec 17
The launch is tentatively scheduled at 03:41 hours subject to weather conditions
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PSLV-C50 to launch communication satellite CMS-01 on Dec 17: ISRO
CMS-01 is the 42nd communication satellite of India.
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ISRO to launch earth observation satellite EOS-01 on November 7
India would launch its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine international customer spacecraft onboard its Polar rocket PSLV-C49 from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh
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GST council exempts satellite launches by Isro, Antrix from 18% GST
But it is not clear whether the relief will be extended to private launch companies
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Indo-French satellites to trace illegal oil spillage: French space agency
The monitoring centre will be based in India
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Agnikul signs agreement with Alaska Aerospace to test launch its rocket
The IIT-Madras incubated startup said it is on track to undertake the launch by the end of 2021
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