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Archive for May 6th, 2014

Russia launches old-fashioned spy satellite

May 6th, 2014 by

Rocket: Soyuz-2.1a; Payload: classified military satellite; Date: 6 May 2014, 1349 UTV; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. Aerospace Defense Troops Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said that “The rocket was launched as scheduled.”

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Latest Chinese weather satellite operational

May 6th, 2014 by

Fengyun-III, China’s third polar orbiting meteorological satellite, was put into operation on 5 May, according to the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).

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Propulsion module for SBIRS GEO-4 completed

May 6th, 2014 by

Lockheed Martin completed the propulsion module for the fourth Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-4) space vehicle and is now proceeding with satellite assembly, integration and test.

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MUOS provides first reliable military satellite connection in the arctic

May 6th, 2014 by

Analysis of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites during the U.S. Navy’s 2014 Ice Exercise (ICEX) shows they provided nearly 150 hours of secure data connections. This was the first time military users could transfer large megabyte data files over stable satellite connections in the arctic.

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