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United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently awarded Saft a multi-million dollar contract to develop lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for its Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles.
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The two satellites launched aboard an Ariane 5 on 26 November are reported to be in good health.
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Japan’s Hayabusa probe, which landed on asteroid Itokawa in 2005, failed to fire a metallic bullet to collect debris. The glitch was now traced back to a software error.
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Russia’s Rocket and Space Corporation Energia plans to build an “orbital pod” designed for sweeping up satellite debris from space, Roskosmos confirmed on its Facebook page.
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O3b Networks announced that it has secured its final funding round before service launch.
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A brief overview of the new digital terrestrial television service being rolled out by Ireland’s RTE. Saorview was officially rolled out in October 2010. What Digital TV Channels are available? What does the future hold for DTT in Ireland?
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Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Intelsat 17, HYLAS (Highly Adaptable Satellite) 1; Date: 26 November 2010, 1839 UTC; Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket deployed its passengers during a daytime mission lasting 49 minutes.
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The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft carrying two U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut back to Earth from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan.
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