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Archive for April 19th, 2013

Russia launches animals into space

April 19th, 2013 by

Rocket: Soyuz 2-1A; Payload: Bion-M1, several microsatellites (BeeSat-2, BeeSat-3, SOMP, OSSI-1, AIST); Date: 19. April 2013, 1000 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The project is to study the reactions of living organisms exposed to microgravity and artificial gravity.

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Weather delays Antares test flight

April 19th, 2013 by

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that the next launch attempt for the new Antares rocket will be no earlier than Saturday, 20 April at 21 UTC owing to bad weather on Friday.

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SES to pioneer first Ultra HD transmission in new standard

April 19th, 2013 by

SES announced that, together with its partners Harmonic and Broadcom Corporation, it has pioneered the first Ultra HD transmission in the new HEVC standard live from an Astra satellite at 19.2 degrees East.

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