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Archive for January 6th, 2014

Falcon 9 lifts off with Thaicom 6

January 6th, 2014 by

Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.1; Payload: Thaicom 6; Date: 6 December 2014, 2206 UTC; Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Station, USA. The rocket lifted off as planned, however the launch broadcast ended after the first of two burns of the rocket’s upper stage.

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Update: First launch of 2014 is success for India

January 6th, 2014 by

ISRO said that the Indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage was successfully flight-tested onboard GSLV-D5 launch vehicle on 5 January 2014. The GSAT-14 communication satellite was launched very precisely to its intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The satellite is healthy and has completed its first orbit-raising manoeuvre.

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Thales Alenia Space receives contract from Astrium on Ariane 5 ME

January 6th, 2014 by

Thales Alenia Space Belgium has signed with Astrium [now: Airbus Defence & Space] , prime contractor for the Ariane 5 ME (Midlife Evolution) launcher for the European Space Agency (ESA), the contract for the development of the control electronics on the upper-stage Vinci engine steering system.

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SES, Eutelsat sell Solaris to EchoStar

January 6th, 2014 by

SES and Eutelsat Communications have completed the sale to EchoStar Corp. of Solaris Mobile Ltd., a jointly-owned company based in Dublin, set up more than seven years ago to develop next-generation Mobile Satellite Services (MSS).

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