Satellite News

Rocket: Rokot; Payload: Kosmos 2841, two Gonets-M satellites, MiR [Yubileiny 2]; Date: 28 July 2012, 0135 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The satellites were put into designated orbits at 0321 UTC, as scheduled.
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China successfully conducted tests on its new 120-tonne-thrust liquid oxygen (LOX) and kerosene engine for its new generation carrier rocket, the Chang Zheng-5, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
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Astrotech Corporation, (ASTC) and its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary (ASO) announced that the U. S. Department of the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has selected ASO to provide payload processing services for the second in a series of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites.
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle, or HTV-3 “Kounotori 3″, was berthed to its docking port on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station’s Harmony node at 1434 UTC on 27 July.
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The ISS Progress 47 cargo vehicle docked once again to the International Space Station’s Pirs docking compartment on 29 July at 0101 UTC after a successful test of its new automated rendezvous system.
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded a US$338.7 million contract modification to Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems for production of the 10th satellite for the Wideband Global Satellite Communications programme.
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SES S.A. reported financial results for the first half of 2012.
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