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Archive for September 23rd, 2006

Nigeriasat-2 to be launched in 2008

September 23rd, 2006 by

Nigeria has started work on the design and construction of its second Earth observation satellite, the Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency Robert Boroffice said.

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Launch updates: Ariane 5 ECA, M-V-7

September 23rd, 2006 by

New dates have been announced for the launches of DirecTV 9S, Optus D1 and LDREX-2 as well as for Japan’s SOLAR-B probe.

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Atlas V to launch space tourists?

September 23rd, 2006 by

Lockheed Martin has entered into an agreement with Bigelow Aerospace to pursue the potential of launching passengers on human-qualified Atlas V rockets. The destination would be a Bigelow-built space complex assembled from expandable modules.

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Intelsat 802 suffers ‘unexpected anomaly’

September 23rd, 2006 by

Intelsat announced that its IS-802 satellite, located at 33 degrees East, experienced a sudden and unexpected anomaly on 22 September 2006 at approximately 0027 UTC.

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