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Archive for February 27th, 2009

Land Launch rocket lifts off with Telstar 11N on board (Part I)

February 27th, 2009 by

Rocket: Zenit 3-SLB; Payload: Telstar 11N; Date: 26 February 2009, 1830 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The first phases of the mission, which was still ongoing at the time of writing, went ahead as planned.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter puts itself into precautionary mode

February 27th, 2009 by

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter unexpectedly rebooted its computer on 23 February and put itself into a limited-activity mode that is an automated safety response.

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Iridium Satellite LLC results 2008

February 27th, 2009 by

Iridium Satellite LLC announced financial results for the quarter and the year ending 31 December 2008.

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More Eutelsat bashing

February 27th, 2009 by

A U.S. politician has harshly criticised Eutelsat for its (reported but not yet officially confirmed) decision to launch a satellite aboard a Chinese rocket – and apparently missed the fact that China has been buying Western satellites for more than a decade.

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