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Archive for July 3rd, 2018

Delay of the day: Soyuz STB/MetOp-C

July 3rd, 2018 by

Russia does not have enough time to launch three Soyuz-ST launch vehicles from French Guiana before the end of 2018 as planned.

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Russia to launch next-gen GLONASS satellite in 2022

July 3rd, 2018 by

Russia plans to launch the next-generation GLONASS-K2 satellite aboard a Soyuz-2 from the Plesetsk spaceport or aboard an Angara rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2022, later than originally planned, Information Satellite Systems CEO Nikolai Testoyedov was quoted as saying.

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Airbus completes integration of Cheops satellite

July 3rd, 2018 by

Airbus has completed the integration of Cheops (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite), the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first small mission satellite that will carry out an exciting scientific mission, to define the properties of the planets orbiting nearby stars.

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Combined orbital Galileo-GPS position fix achieved aboard ISS

July 3rd, 2018 by

A combined Galileo-GPS positioning fix has been achieved in space – aboard the International Space Station – through an ESA-NASA collaboration.

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