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Archive for July 22nd, 2015

New Soyuz vessel on fast track towards ISS

July 22nd, 2015 by

Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-17M; Date: 22 July 2015, 2102 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The manned Soyuz capsule reached its target orbit nine minutes after lift-off.

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Delay of the day: Delta IV/WGS-7

July 22nd, 2015 by

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the WGS-7 mission has been postponed to 24 July (UTC) due to predicted weather conditions and the potential for high winds during the launch countdown.

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NOAA’s GOES-S sensor gets clean bill of health from hospital

July 22nd, 2015 by

One of the sensors that will fly aboard NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S was recently given a clean bill of health from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The sensor, known as EHIS, was successfully tested using the hospital’s proton accelerator and deemed to be in good working order.

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ISS-Reshetnev building new facility for antenna feeder devices

July 22nd, 2015 by

Work on the new facility intended for the production of antennas and feeder devices for satellites is well under way at ISS-Reshetnev Company’s site.

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The Boeing Company (Defense, Space & Security) results Q2 2015

July 22nd, 2015 by

The Boeing Company reported second-quarter financial results.

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