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Archive for October 30th, 2014

Initial damage assessment at MARS

October 30th, 2014 by

The Wallops Incident Response Team has completed an initial assessment of Wallops Island, Virginia, following the catastrophic failure of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket shortly after lift-off on 28 October from Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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Russia launches seventh Meridian satellite

October 30th, 2014 by

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a; Payload: Meridian 7 (Meridian No. 17L); Date: 30 October 2014, 0143 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The governmental spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit of 968 km x 39,750 km x 62.8 degrees.

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Russia to launch 70 Proton rockets by 2020

October 30th, 2014 by

Russia plans to launch about 70 Proton space rockets by 2020 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the head of Russia’s federal space agency said.

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ESA, USSTRATCOM to exchange more data

October 30th, 2014 by

ESA has signed an agreement with the U.S. Strategic Command to improve data exchange between the organisations for supporting missions.

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Intelsat S.A. results Q3 2014

October 30th, 2014 by

Intelsat S.A. reported financial results for the third quarter 2014.

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Eutelsat Communications S.A. revenues Q1 FY 2014-2015

October 30th, 2014 by

Eutelsat Communications reported revenues for the first quarter ending 30 September 2014.

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Telesat Holdings Inc. results Q3 2014

October 30th, 2014 by

Telesat Holdings Inc. announced its financial results for the three month period ending 30 September 2014.

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Iridium Communications Inc. results Q3 2014

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Iridium Communications Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of 2014.

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