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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V is set to launch the PAN mission on behalf of the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company on 8 September from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The full launch window stretches from 2135 to 2345 UTC.
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With launch just two months away, members of the SMOS team are currently in Russia inspecting the facilities where the launch campaign will soon get underway to prepare the ESA’s water mission for lift-off on 2 November.
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced the delivery of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Communication Unit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for launch on space shuttle Atlantis, STS-129.
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The article about the partial launch failure may have confused some readers, for which I apologise. However, as can be imagined not many details have emerged so far, which makes coverage somewhat difficult.
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An article in the Gulf Times celebrates the “successful” launch of Palapa D aboard a Chang Zheng 3B rocket, which actually was a failure. Just sloppy journalism, or is there more to it?
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