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SES S.A. reported on financial performance for the three months ending 31 March 2008.
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An antenna reflector built by Harris Corporation for the geosynchronous ICO G1 global communications satellite was successfully deployed on orbit on 26 April.
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Rocket: Zenit-3SLB; Payload: Amos-3; Date: 28 April, 0500 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Land Launch Zenit-3SLB system debuted its first launch with the successful launch of the Amos-3 communications satellite. All systems performed as planned.
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Rocket: PSLV; Payload: Cartosat-2, Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) and eight nanosatellites; Date: 28 April 2008, 0353 UTC; Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. The so far most complex mission of an Indian launch vehicle was completed successfully.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Tianlian I; Date: 25 April 2008, 2216 UTC; Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The successful (and previously unannounced) mission was the first flight of a Chang Zheng 3C and the launch of China’s first data relay satellite.
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Rocket: Soyuz/Fregat; Payload: GIOVE-B; Date: 26 April 2008, 2216 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz flew a multi-phase mission that led to GIOVE-B’s separation 3 hours, 45 minutes later.
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GIOVE-B, the second experimental satellite part of the Galileo constellation, is scheduled for launch by a Starsem Soyuz/Fregat launch vehicle at 2216 UTC on 26 April. Here’s an overview of Thales Alenia Space’s contribution to the spacecraft.
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ESA’s Jules Verne ATV was used for the first time early this morning to raise the orbit of the International Space Station.
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