July 19th, 2013 by
Rocket: Atlas V 551; Payload: MUOS-2; Date: 19 July 2013, 1300 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite, built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy, was deployed into geostationary transfer orbit and is responding to commands.
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July 19th, 2013 by
No more than five Proton-M rockets may be launched from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) before the end of this year if the launches resume in September as currently planned.
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July 19th, 2013 by
Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that it has signed a contract with an undisclosed customer to provide a multi-mission satellite to be used for telecommunications, television broadcast, and other services such as distance learning. Further details were not disclosed.
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July 19th, 2013 by
SPOT 6, the high-resolution Earth observation satellite designed, built and operated by Astrium, has now been qualified by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre to take part in the MARS-CAP programme. MARS-CAP is a programme run by the European Commission which involves surveying agricultural land by satellite, as part of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
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July 19th, 2013 by
NASA has selected 12 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program.
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