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Rocket: H-2A/202; Payload: Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) Optical-4; Date: 23 September 2011, 0436 UTC; Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. “The rocket was launched successfully and the satellite was separated into an orbit around the Earth later,” a JAXA official said.
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The Plesetsk Cosmodrome has resumed preparations for the launch of a GLONASS-M navigation satellite with a Soyuz-2-1b rocket on 1 October, Space Forces spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin was quoted as saying.
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Russia says its first Earth remote sensing satellite intended to provide radar imagery and terrain mapping in real-time may be launched in January 2012.
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The Space Data Association (SDA), established by commercial satellite operators to improve the safety and efficiency of space operations, announced that the Full Operational Capability (FOC) analysis system in the SDA’s Space Data Center has successfully met SDA objectives to become operational on 15 September 2011.
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China’s second moon orbiter Chang’e-2 has sent back the first batch of data while orbiting the second Lagrange Point (L2) about 1.7 million km away from Earth.
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It currently takes 90 minutes to transmit high-resolution images from Mars, but NASA would like to dramatically reduce that time to just minutes. A new optical communications system that NASA plans to demonstrate in 2016 will lead the way and even allow the streaming of high-definition video from distances beyond the Moon.
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There are many ways to watch high quality digital TV and two of the most popular in the UK are Sky Digital and Freesat. Here we take a look at the benefits and features of each, which may help you to decide which to choose, if you are considering moving up from Freeview.