Weekend fun?
May 24th, 2008 by
“This is no trip to Grandma’s for the weekend.” Ed Weiler, NASA’s associate administrator for space science, about the Phoenix mission.
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Intelsat names Kay Sears to head Intelsat General
May 24th, 2008 by
Intelsat, Ltd. announced that satellite industry veteran Kay Sears has been named President of the company’s subsidiary, Intelsat General, effective 30 June 2008.
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Phoenix healthy and on course, fine weather expected for landing
May 24th, 2008 by
NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft is healthy, right on target, and even predicted to have good landing weather on 25 May, team leaders from The University of Arizona, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin said at a news briefing.
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China to launch next-gen weather satellite on 27 May
May 24th, 2008 by
China will launch its first next-generation polar orbiting weather satellite, Fengyun-3A (FY-3A), on 27 May [presumably local time], the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said.
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Rokot launches several satellites
May 24th, 2008 by
Rocket: Rokot; Payload: three Strela satellites (?), Yubileiny; Date: 23 May 2008 UTC; Site: Plesetsk, Russia. According to the Russian Space Forces, the launch was successful.
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