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Archive for June, 2013

Delay of the day: Pegasus/IRIS

June 25th, 2013 by

NASA has delayed the launch the Sun-observing IRIS satellite by a day.

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NASA thruster achieves world-record 5+ years of operation

June 25th, 2013 by

A NASA advanced ion propulsion engine has successfully operated for more than 48,000 hours, or 5 and a half years, making it the longest test duration of any type of space propulsion system demonstration project ever.

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GeoMetWatch enters into agreement with NASA

June 25th, 2013 by

GeoMetWatch Corp announced it has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA to provide four years of Earth observation and weather data from GeoMetWatch’s first Sounding and Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology (STORM) mission on board an Asia Satellite Telecommunications spacecraft.

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Michel de Rosen clected as ESOA chairman

June 25th, 2013 by

In its Annual General Meeting, the Board of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) elected Michel de Rosen, CEO of Eutelsat, as its new Chairman of the Board.

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SpaceX will launch Turkmenistan satellite for Thales Alenia Space

June 24th, 2013 by

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) was…Read more

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Delay of the day: Arianespace Flight VS05

June 24th, 2013 by

The weather conditions being unfavourable over…Read more

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Aerojet Rocketdyne completes first J-2X full-motion test

June 24th, 2013 by

Aerojet Rocketdyne announced that it successfully…Read more

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Apparently no progress with Armenian satellite

June 24th, 2013 by

Armenia will launch its own satellite, a…Read more

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