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Archive for April 18th, 2017

Atlas V launches Cygnus vessel to the ISS

April 18th, 2017 by

Rocket: Atlas V; Payload: OA-7/Cygnus; Date: 18 April 2017, 1511 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The mission was flown for Orbital ATK under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract and the payload will deliver supplies, equipment and experiments to astronauts aboard the ISS.

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TAS completes delivery of GK2A communications payloads

April 18th, 2017 by

Thales Alenia Space has sent South Korea the third of three panels making up the communications payloads on the two GEO-KOMPSAT-2 satellites being built by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).

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NASA approves instruments for ESA JUICE mission to Jupiter

April 18th, 2017 by

NASA’s partnership in a future European Space Agency (ESA) mission to Jupiter and its moons has cleared a key milestone, moving from preliminary instrument design to implementation phase.

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