Satellite News

Rocket: Atlas V; Payload: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO); Date: 11 February 2010, 1523 UTC; Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The SDO mission was successfully launched aboard an Atlas V 401 configuration and it used a single common core booster powered by the RD-180 engine.
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International Launch Services (ILS) and SES announced the ILS Proton launch of the SES-3 satellite with the Kazsat-2 telecommunications satellite in 2011.
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced that all flight hardware for the debut launch of the Falcon 9 vehicle has arrived at the SpaceX launch site, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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As preparations for the launch of ESA’s CryoSat-2 mission on 25 February continue on schedule, an important milestone has been reached with the satellite’s encapsulation in the rocket’s “space head module”.
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Measuring an orbiting satellite’s remaining fuel is a well-known problem. Nanospace, Sweden, which since 2007 has been working on a system that would solve this problem, has now been awarded a EUR2 million contract by ESA.
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Brazil and China will postpone the launch of their fourth joint satellite from 2010 to mid-2011, a Brazilian official was quoted as saying.
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Owing to a technical glitch, two articles in yesterday’s issue unfortunately got mangled. Please refer to the archive for the corrected versions. Apologies for any confusion.
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