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Archive for December, 2017

SSTL ships RemoveDEBRIS mission for ISS launch

December 18th, 2017 by

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) inside a Dragon capsule on board the SpaceX CRS-14 re-supply mission, a service provided through supply agent, Nanoracks.

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New Soyuz vessel on slow trip to ISS

December 17th, 2017 by

Rocket: Soyuz FG; Payload: Soyuz MS-07; Date: 17 December 2017, 0721 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crewed spacecraft will use a two-day flight for approaching the ISS. The spacecraft docking to the station is planned on 19 December 2017.

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Recycled Falcon 9 launches used Dragon cargo ship

December 17th, 2017 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon CRS-13; Date: 15 December 2017, 1536 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. SpaceX confirmed that the launch sent the Dragon into a “good orbit”.

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Delay of the day: Electron ‘Still Testing’

December 17th, 2017 by

Rocket Lab has delayed its second test flight of the Electron rocket until early 2018.

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Harris delivers 4th GPS III satellite navigation payload

December 17th, 2017 by

Harris Corporation delivered the navigation payload for the fourth GPS III Space Vehicle (SV04) to Lockheed Martin on 29 October. Harris delivered two payloads in 2017 and is committed to delivering four more in 2018.

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Boeing to continue sustaining SBSS

December 17th, 2017 by

Boeing has been awarded a modified contract from the U.S. Air Force for sustainment of the space-based space surveillance Block 10 satellite.

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ArianeGroup tracking satellites for French military

December 17th, 2017 by

ArianeGroup said it becomes a key player in space surveillance for French Joint Space Command.

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Arianespace to launch Germany’s Heinrich Hertz satellite

December 14th, 2017 by

The DLR German Aerospace Center, OHB SE and Arianespace have announced the signing of a launch contract for Germany’s Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) technology demonstrator satellite built by OHB System AG.

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