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Archive for January 16th, 2018

New launch date for ASNARO-2

January 16th, 2018 by

JAXA has rescheduled the launch of Epsilon-3, the third Epsilon launch vehicle which encapsulates NEC’s small radar satellite “ASNARO-2” from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center.

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GomSpace signs contract for low-inclination launch on LauncherOne

January 16th, 2018 by

GomSpace has purchased a launch for several nanosatellites onboard a LauncherOne rocket from the California based company Virgin Orbit. The flight, which is bound for a low-inclination orbit, is scheduled to occur in early 2019.

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RSC Energia: Angosat operations will resume in April

January 16th, 2018 by

The Angosat spacecraft made at RSC Energia under a contract with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Angola is undergoing scheduled flight tests, the manufacturer said.

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Thales Alenia Space to provide X-band Transmitter for KOMPSAT-7

January 16th, 2018 by

Thales Alenia Space has signed a new contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, KARI, to deliver the X-band communications system for the KOMPSAT-7 mission (Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite 7), with a target launch in 2021 and a lifetime of five years.

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