Satellite News

Rocket: Dnepr; Payload: Prisma “Mango,” Prisma “Tango,” Picard; Date: 15 June, 1442 UTC; Launch Site: Yasny, Russia. Separation of the satellites from the Dnepr upper stage was recorded by a mobile telemetry post in the Sultanate of Oman pursuant to the mission injection profile, launch service provider Kosmotras said.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: Shijian 12 (Shijian XII); Date: 15 June 2010, 0139 UTC; Site: Jiuquan satellite launch centre. The spacecraft was deployed into a 571 km x 594 km x 97.7 degrees orbit.
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Arianespace has contracted with Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) to launch the Vinasat-2 satellite for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) in the second quarter of 2012. Vinasat-2 will be built by LMCSS.
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Construction of the mobile gantry at Soyuz’ new launch site in French Guiana is moving into its final phase as this structure’s framework is now complete, and the metallic siding is being installed.
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Astrium said it recently completed its first full year of operations with the Spirale system, following its acceptance in April 2009 by the DGA (French armament procurement agency).
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SES World Skies said it has signed an agreement with Supernet Limited, a Pakistani satellite service provider, for 52 MHz of C-band transponder capacity on the NSS-12 satellite at the orbital location of 57 degrees East.
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JAXA has applied for a Guinness World Records listing after its Hayabusa space probe returned from a seven-year journey to asteroid Itokawa, an official was quoted as saying.
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