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Archive for May, 2011

KA-SAT enters commercial service

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Eutelsat Communications announced the commercial…Read more

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Thales Alenia Space delivers first Cygnus PCM to Orbital

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Thales Alenia Space announced that it has…Read more

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Sofradir’s IR detectors selected for Sentinel-5-Precursor

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Sofradir, a developer and manufacturer of…Read more

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YellowSat takes inclined orbit capacity on NSS-703

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SES S.A. announced that it has signed an…Read more

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Juno’s huge solar panels complete testing

May 30th, 2011 by

The three solar panels that will provide power for NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its mission to Jupiter have completed pre-flight testing at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida, and was folded against the side of the spacecraft into its launch configuration on 26 May.
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KazSat 2 delivered to Baikonur

May 30th, 2011 by

The KazSat 2 spacecraft built by the Khrunichev Space Center for the Republic of Kazakhstan has been delivered by the manufacturer to the Baikonur Cosmodrome to be processed for launch.
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Thaicom plans to launch new satellite in 2013

May 30th, 2011 by

Thailand’s Information and Communication Technology Ministry (ICT) has given Thaicom PCL the go-ahead to launch a new satellite, Thaicom 6, a government official was quoted as saying.
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Endeavour tests docking sensor

May 30th, 2011 by

Space shuttle Endeavour’s re-rendezvous with the space station for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative-navigation Risk Mitigation, or STORRM, was completed as planned. The orbital rendezvous verified the successful operation of the MPCV’s next generation docking sensor, which NASA has identified as a critical technology needed for future space exploration missions.
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