Next U.S. spy satellite launch further delayed
November 25th, 2008 by
The long-delayed launch of the United States’ next classified military satellite has been rescheduled again.
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November 25th, 2008 by
The long-delayed launch of the United States’ next classified military satellite has been rescheduled again.
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November 25th, 2008 by
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full mission-length firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle’s first stage at its McGregor Test Facility in Texas, on 22 November. Not everybody was as enthusiastic about it as the company, though.
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November 25th, 2008 by
Integral Systems Europe (ISE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc. , announced that it has signed a yearly renewable contract to support the Polar Mission Control System (MCS) over the next 15 years with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
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November 25th, 2008 by
NASA said it was officially moving forward on a mission to conduct an unprecedented, in-depth study of Jupiter. Called Juno, the mission will be the first in which a spacecraft is placed in a highly elliptical polar orbit around the giant planet to understand its formation, evolution and structure.
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November 25th, 2008 by
Insurers providing cover for the failed NigComSat 1 may pay as much as NGN17 billion (US$144 million) in claims, the Daily Independent reports.
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November 25th, 2008 by
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported its results for the third quarter ending 30 September 2008.
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November 25th, 2008 by
NASA’s Earth Observer-1 (EO-1) has reached its eighth anniversary on orbit. The EO-1 satellite, launched on 21 November 2000 had an initial design and mission life of one year, but has continued successful operations for more than seven years past the initial mission.
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