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Archive for April 8th, 2013

Orbital rolls out Antares rocket to launch pad at Wallops Island

April 8th, 2013 by

On 6 April, Orbital Sciences Corporation rolled out the first fully integrated Antares rocket from its assembly building at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in eastern Virginia in preparation for its inaugural flight that is scheduled for 17 April at approximately 2100 UTC.

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Ball Aerospace begins integration phase for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite

April 8th, 2013 by

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has begun integration for WorldView-3, the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite being built for DigitalGlobe.

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Neutron-star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) approved

April 8th, 2013 by

The Neutron-star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), which NASA recently selected as its next Explorer Mission of Opportunity, will gather scientific data revealing the physics of the densest matter allowed in nature, and–from the same platform–will demonstrate a groundbreaking navigation technology that could revolutionise the agency’s ability to travel to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond.

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