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Archive for March 2nd, 2011

Delays, failures: Russian gov’t clearly not satisfied with Roskosmos

March 2nd, 2011 by

Russia lacks rockets to carry out all space launches scheduled for 2011, the head of the Roskosmos admitted, confirming heavy criticism from the Russian government.

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SAGE III-ISS instrument un-mothballed

March 2nd, 2011 by

NASA’s Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III-ISS (SAGE III-ISS) has recently started testing after nine years in a clean room. The instrument is scheduled for launch in 2014 on a SpaceX rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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EGNOS Safety-of-Life signal finally available

March 2nd, 2011 by

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) Safety-of-Life signal was formally declared available to aviation on 2 March. For the first time, space-based navigation signals have become officially usable for the critical task of vertically guiding aircraft during landing approaches.

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