H-3 rocket blasts off, carrying geostationary defense satellite

Japan launched its fourth H-3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 4 and released the ...
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Chinese orbiter crushes Starlink with a 2-watt laser from 36,000km above Earth

At Lijiang Observatory in southwestern China, the signal did not arrive as a neat, steady beam. It came down from a satellite parked about 36,000km above Earth in geostationary orbit, then hit the ...
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Exail enables gigabit-speed Earth-to-space optical communications

Radiation-hardened optical fibers and lithium niobate modulators feature in laser terminal providing high-speed space link. Orbiting 36,000 kilometers above Earth in geostationary orbit, TELEO ...
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D-Orbit enters GEO in-orbit servicing market

Seated, left to right, are D-Orbit CEO Luca Rossettini and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signing an agreement for Europe's first life extension mission for a satellite in geostationary orbit.
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OMB suggests NOAA scale back plans for geostationary satellites

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) constellation includes three satellites: GEO-West, GEO-Center and GEO-East. The Office of Management ...