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The first-arrived payload for Ariane 5’s year-opening flight is undergoing initial checkout at Europe’s Spaceport as preparations move forward for a dual-passenger mission set for 24 March.
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NASA has increased the support contract to the Virginia Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, to provide launch services for expendable launch vehicles.
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Boeing announced that the commercial launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) is scheduled for 2/3 March aboard a Delta IV rocket.
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NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K-L programme completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and Production Readiness Review (PRR) in El Segundo, California on 19 February.
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Astrium subsidiary Dutch Space has been granted two new contracts for the delivery of solar panels for the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites. These satellites are part of the international Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme of the European Union and ESA.
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Flight controllers in Houston’s Mission Control Center have isolated the issue that was causing the three International Space Station Command and Control computers to switch their roles as primary, backup and standby units.
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Mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks has announced that the initial on-orbit testing of Ground Based Beam Forming (GBBF) is complete.
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