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Archive for August 5th, 2006

Super NiCd battery aboard KOMPSAT-2

August 5th, 2006 by

Electro Energy Inc. , a developer and manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, announced that the Super NiCd battery produced by its subsidiary, Mobile Energy Products Inc. (MEP), was successfully launched on board the KOMPSAT 2 (Arirang-2) satellite by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) on 28 July 2006.

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TacSat 2 to lift off from Wallops Island

August 5th, 2006 by

The NASA Wallops Flight Facility has been selected by the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Detachment 12 as the launch site for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s TacSat 2 satellite. The launch is scheduled for 13 November 2006.

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Next try for MetOp launch in autumn

August 5th, 2006 by

Russia plans to launch the European MetOp-1 weather satellite in early autumn 2006, according to Roskosmos.

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