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Archive for April 11th, 2019

Israeli Beresheet probe crashes on the moon

April 11th, 2019 by

The attempt by Israeli company SpaceIL to soft-land its Beresheet spacecraft on the moon’s surface has ended in failure.

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Intelsat 29e suffers fuel leak

April 11th, 2019 by

Intelsat-29e is drifting in orbit after two anomalies. The satellite “experienced damage” on 7 April that resulted in a fuel leak.

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Virgin Orbit and EXOLAUNCH sign launch agreement

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EXOLAUNCH, a Germany-based launch services provider and cluster integrator for small satellites, and Virgin Orbit announced the signing of an MOU for transporting EXOLAUNCH customers’ payloads on dedicated and rideshare missions with Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne as early as 2020.

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Harris receives US$243 million GPS III follow-on contract

April 11th, 2019 by

Harris Corporation has received a US$243 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide fully digital navigation signals for the first two GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites – to deliver stronger signals, with greater operational flexibility.

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RUAG Space delivers navigation receiver for NASA’s PACE climate mission

April 11th, 2019 by

RUAG Space will deliver a navigation receiver for NASA’s climate mission PACE, which is scheduled to launch in 2022.

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