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Ariane 5 launches two Intelsats

August 24th, 2016 by

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Intelsat 33e, Intelsat 36; Date: 24 August 2016; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. In a rare dual launch for a single customer, both satellites were successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit.

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Roskosmos to Spend US$29 million upgrading rocket engine reliability

August 24th, 2016 by

corporation Roskosmos is allocating over RUB1.9 billion (US$29 million) to upgrading rocket engines, rocket boosters and spacecraft, according to materials published on Russia’s official public procurement website.

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Roskosmos begins to design super-heavy rocket

August 24th, 2016 by

Russian state space corporation Roskosmos has started work on designing a new super-heavy class carrier rocket on the basis of the RD-171 liquid-fuel rocket engine, Russia’s S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia General Director Vladimir Solntsev was quoted as saying.

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China plans to launch Mars rover in 2020

August 24th, 2016 by

China has unveiled plans of a Mars probe and rover it aims to launch at the end of the decade. Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the project, said Tuesday they were targeting July or August 2020 for the launch, Xinhua news agency reported.

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