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Archive for July 19th, 2017

Soyuz MS-05 to launch on 28 July

July 19th, 2017 by

RSC Energia specialists at the Baikonur launch site have successfully completed operations to fill a manned transportation spacecraft of the new series Soyuz MS-05 with propellant components and compressed gases.

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SNC orders two Atlas V launches for Dream Chaser cargo system

July 19th, 2017 by

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) commercially developed Atlas V rocket to launch the first two missions of its Dream Chaser cargo system in support of NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) contract.

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Russia to start manufacturing medium-class Proton 5

July 19th, 2017 by

Russia’s Progress Rocket and Space Centre is ready to manufacture new Soyuz-5 medium-class carrier rocket (a.k.a. Feniks), Progress CEO Alexander Kirilin was quoted as saying.

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