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Archive for January 8th, 2014

Space weather delays Orb-1 mission to the ISS

January 8th, 2014 by

Orbital’s Antares launch team has decided to scrub today’s launch attempt due to an unusually high level of space radiation that exceeded by a considerable margin the constraints imposed on the mission to ensure the rocket’s electronic systems are not impacted by a harsh radiation environment.

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Gaia reaches operational orbit

January 8th, 2014 by

ESA’s billion-star surveyor Gaia is now in its operational orbit around a gravitationally stable virtual point in space called ‘L2′, 1.5 million km from Earth.

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SNC to collaborate with ESA, DLR on Dream Chaser

January 8th, 2014 by

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced the global expansion of the Dream Chaser Space System through recently finalised co-operative understandings with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

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