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Archive for February 24th, 2014

Arianespace Flight VA216 set for 21 March 2014

February 24th, 2014 by

The checks on the Amazonas 4A satellite are proceeding nominally, enabling Arianespace to announce the launch date for the Astra 5B and Amazonas 4A satellites.

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Test flight of GLSV Mark III in May or June

February 24th, 2014 by

Indian Space Research Organisation plans to carry out an experimental launch of the GSLV Mark III at the end of May end the beginning of une, its Chairman K Radhakrishnan was quoted as saying.

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Vostochny launch schedule

February 24th, 2014 by

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced that Soyuz launches from the new Vostochny cosmodrome are to start 2015, followed by the first manned Angara launch in 2018.

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Sentinel-1A arrives at launch site in French Guiana

February 24th, 2014 by

Sentinel-1A, the European Space Agency (ESA) satellite designed and built by Thales Alenia Space, has arrived at the Guiana Space Center, the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.

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Environmental testing underway for all five JPSS-1 instruments

February 24th, 2014 by

All five instruments that will fly on NOAA’s next-generation Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) JPSS-1 satellite are now in the “environmental testing” phase, bringing it closer to its planned launch in early 2017.

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Crippled moon rover goes to sleep again

February 24th, 2014 by

China’s lunar rover Yutu entered its third planned dormancy on 22 February, with the mechanical control issues that might cripple the vehicle still unresolved.

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Ball Aerospace delivers phased array antennas for Orion

February 24th, 2014 by

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has delivered four phased array antennas to Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the inaugural test flight of the Orion spacecraft.

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Telesat results 2013

February 24th, 2014 by

Telesat Holdings Inc. announced its financial results for the three month and one year periods ending 31 December 2013.

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