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NASA mission managers cancelled today’s scheduled launch of the Ares I-X flight test because of weather concerns at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Arianespace’s sixth Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has been approved for its 29 October lift-off following a launch readiness review, performed at the Spaceport in French Guiana. The launch window extends from 2000 to 2140 UTC.
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Three of the satellite instruments that will fly on an upcoming satellite mission called FASTSAT have been created at one NASA centre and have arrived at another for more tests to ensure they are flight ready for launch. They’re now at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for further testing.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2009.
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Iridium Communications Inc. has engaged Goldman, Sachs & Co. as its lead global advisor on the financing of Iridium NEXT, the company’s next generation satellite constellation.
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Israel’s Space Communication Ltd said it had secured a loan of up to US$140 million from Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings and the Amitim pension funds to partly cover purchase of the Amos 5 satellite.
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