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Archive for February, 2011

Russia launches first GLONASS-K satellite

February 28th, 2011 by

Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat; Payload: GLONASS-K; Date: 26 February 2011, 0307 UTC; Launch Site: Plesetsk, Russia. The navigation spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit.
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Four candidates selected for ESA’s Cosmic Vision

February 28th, 2011 by

ESA has selected four candidates for a medium-class mission that will launch in the period 2020-22. The candidates cover very different areas of scientific research, ranging from investigations of black holes and general relativity to near-Earth asteroid sample return and studies of planets orbiting distant stars.
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Defunct German satellite may partially survive crash

February 28th, 2011 by

The defunct German X-ray satellite ROSAT is expected to crash back to Earth some time between October and December 2011. According to the German Aerospace Center (DLR), there’s a chance the spacecraft will not burn up completely when re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.
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ND SatCom sale to Astrium completed

February 28th, 2011 by

SES Astra and Astrium confirmed that the purchase of a 75.1 percent stake by Astrium in the satellite equipment provider and ground system integrator ND SatCom, based in Friedrichshafen, Germany, has been completed.
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GLONASS-K still on the ground

February 25th, 2011 by

The launch of the first GLONASS-K navigation satellite has been postponed another 24 hours.
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MTG programme receives full approval

February 25th, 2011 by

Following the approval of Belgium, all 26 EUMETSAT Member States have now firmly committed to the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) programme.
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HDTV – A Maximum Pleasure of Video Watching

February 25th, 2011 by

If you are a true movie watcher and are always annoyed with bad quality of video that’s out of your standard, maybe HDTV is a video system that can meet your demand. More and more people admit that they can feel the optimum pleasure from the quality of this video.

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HDTV: The Revolution of Home Entertainment

February 25th, 2011 by

How HDTV can share to your live, of course, by providing the most convenient resolution for your home entertainment. You maybe wonder what makes people gain more energy after they wasted all of their stamina and spirit by working all day at the office.

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