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Archive for September 21st, 2017

New launch date for Ariane 5

September 21st, 2017 by

Arianespace’s ninth launch of 2017 is now scheduled for 29 September between 2147 and 2225 UTC on a dual-payload Ariane 5 mission to geostationary transfer orbit with Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a.

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Satellites for 3rd Iridium NEXT Launch onsite at VAFB

September 21st, 2017 by

Iridium Communications announced that all 10 Iridium NEXT satellites for the third launch are onsite at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California. Pre-launch processing activities are underway, which includes mating them to the dispensers, fuelling and encapsulation within the fairing.

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ASTROSCALE and JAXA agree to counteract space debris

September 21st, 2017 by

ASTROSCALE Japan Inc. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have signed a joint research agreement regarding the removal of space debris.

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Ball Aerospace completes TEMPO spectrometer testing

September 21st, 2017 by

The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument, designed and built by Ball Aerospace for NASA, has completed spectrometer testing and verification.

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