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Rocket: Delta II 7920-10c; Payload: Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration; Date: 25 September 2009, 1220 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The two STSS Demo spacecraft were both successfully deployed during a nominal flight lasting approximately 55 minutes.
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Seiji Maehara, Japan’s state minister in charge of space development, said that a new rocket launch site is needed to replace the current Tanegashima Space Center because of its numerous restrictions in launching.
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said it will launch a prototype of its reusable Dragon cargo capsule on the inaugural flight of the Falcon 9 rocket, which has been further delayed.
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China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) seems to have found another customer for a telecommunication satellite: Bolivia.
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The Thor 6 satellite, of Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS, a subsidiary of Norway’s telecommunication provider Telenor, is ready to be shipped to Kourou in French Guyana by an Ariane 5.
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COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded an Authorisation to Proceed (ATP) on integrated multiplexer and switch assemblies for a commercial communications satellite.
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U.S. Representative Ron Klein said that the QuikSCAT weather satellite is likely to fail soon, citing an internal memo from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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During analysis of four safe-mode events this year, engineers for NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project have identified a vulnerability to the effects of subsequent events.
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