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Archive for March 9th, 2011

Shuttle Discovery completes final mission

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Space shuttle Discovery and its six-astronaut crew ended a 13-day journey of more than eight million kilometers and concluded the spacecraft’s 27-year career with a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Updated RS-68A engine ready to power Delta IV Heavy

March 9th, 2011 by

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed a series of Hardware Acceptance Reviews on the first RS-68A production rocket engine.
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ESA takes first steps towards MetOp Second Generation

March 9th, 2011 by

ESA said it was preparing the next generation of MetOp satellites, the space segment for the Eumetsat Polar System (EPS).
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Boeing completes Inmarsat-5 PDR

March 9th, 2011 by

Boeing announced that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Inmarsat-5 spacecraft and hosted payloads. Boeing is building three Ka-band satellites to add to Inmarsat’s current mobile satellite services fleet.
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EADS (Astrium) results 2010

March 9th, 2011 by

The European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS) reported financial results for 2010.
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SpeedCast acquires capacity on NSS-6, 7 and 12

March 9th, 2011 by

SpeedCast has signed a multi-year agreement with SES World Skies for additional capacity on SES’ NSS-6, NSS-7, and NSS-12 satellites to serve its maritime customers in the Middle East, African, and South American regions, including offshore Brazil.
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