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Archive for March 24th, 2016

Russia launches second digital cartography satellite

March 24th, 2016 by

Rocket: Soyuz 2-1A (no upper stage); Payload: Bars-M No. 2; Date: 24 March 2016, 0942 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The governmental spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit of 326 km x 538 km x 97,6 degrees.

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Geo-IK-1 geodetic satellite to be launched in May

March 24th, 2016 by

A Geo-IK-2 geodetic satellite of the Russian defence ministry is scheduled to be launched in May 2016, the Izvestia daily said citing Nikolai Testoyedov, the director general and general designer of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems.

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ULA completes PDR for Vulcan Centaur rocket

March 24th, 2016 by

United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle with dual Blue Origin BE-4 engines.

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