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Archive for June 29th, 2009

Delta IV launches new U.S. weather satellite

June 29th, 2009 by

Rocket: Delta IV Medium+ (4,2); Payload: GOES-O (GOES-14); Date: 27 June 2009, 2251 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Following a nominal four hour, 21-minute flight, the Delta IV deployed the spacecraft.

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Joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission to end

June 29th, 2009 by

After 18.6 years in space and defying several earlier expectations of its demise, the joint ESA/NASA solar orbiter Ulysses will achieve ‘end of mission’ on 30 June 2009.

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SBIRS HEO payload, associated ground system begin trial operations

June 29th, 2009 by

The U.S. Air Force announced that the second Space Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and associated ground system has entered trial period operations.

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Some internal statistics

June 29th, 2009 by

With last Friday’s issue, the number of articles in the Sat-ND archive has surpassed the 30,000-mark.

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