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Archive for October 3rd, 2012

Improved solid rocket booster to be tested next spring

October 3rd, 2012 by

The largest and most powerful solid rocket booster ever built for flight is being assembled for NASA’s Space Launch System at ATK Space Systems in Brigham City, Utah, incorporating new cost-savings measures. The SLS will launch NASA’s Orion spacecraft and other payloads beyond low Earth orbit, and provide an entirely new capability for human exploration.
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Third Boeing GPS IIF satellite ready for launch

October 3rd, 2012 by

The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force successfully completed final checkout for launch.
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Mission accomplished for ATV Edoardo Amaldi

October 3rd, 2012 by

ESA’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ferry, Edoardo Amaldi, completed the final part of its six-month servicing mission to the International Space Station by reentering the atmosphere today and burning up as planned over an uninhabited area of the southern Pacific ocean.
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GSAT-10 satellite placed in geosynchronous orbit

October 3rd, 2012 by

The orbit raising manoeuvres of GSAT-10 satellite have been successfully completed from ISRO’s Master Control Facility, Hassan.
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