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Archive for March 4th, 2011

Glory crashes into Pacific after Taurus XL launch failure

March 4th, 2011 by

NASA’s Glory mission ended prematurely after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch aboard a Taurus XL from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Delay of the day: X-37B OTV-2

March 4th, 2011 by

The launch of an Atlas V carrying a U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV)from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was scrubbed because of bad weather.

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GOCE completes primary mission

March 4th, 2011 by

ESA’s GOCE satellite has reached its goal of mapping Earth’s gravity with unprecedented precision. In two short years, the satellite has collected the measurements needed to record the ‘geoid’ reference shape of our planet.

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