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Archive for September 12th, 2009

Discovery to land in California

September 12th, 2009 by

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts are to land at Edwards Air Force Base after bad weather prevented them from returning to Florida for two days in a row.

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Sea Launch announces next launch

September 12th, 2009 by

Sea Launch has announced its next launch would be that of Intelsat 15 “later this year.”

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NASA, ESA agree on civil space transportation co-operation

September 12th, 2009 by

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain signed a memorandum of understanding for co-operation in the field of space transportation.

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Nimiq 5 pre-launch details

September 12th, 2009 by

A Proton M/Briz M rocket is to launch Telesat Canada’s Nimiq 5 on 17 September within a launch window that opens on 1919 UTC.

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India to modify satellites after Chandrayaan 1 failure, report

September 12th, 2009 by

After the sudden failure of Chandrayaan 1, ISRO has decided to replace onboard computers on all future satellites, including the two spacecraft to launch next.

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