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Archive for October 23rd, 2013

Delay of the day: Gaia

October 23rd, 2013 by

A decision was taken to postpone the launch of ESA’s Gaia mission after a technical issue was identified in another satellite already in orbit.

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NASA awards Astrotech contract for DSCOVR satellite processing

October 23rd, 2013 by

NASA has awarded Astrotech a contract to provide facilities and pre-launch processing services for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission to launch in late 2014.

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RSCC to select manufacturer for Ekspress-AMU2

October 23rd, 2013 by

RSCC has begun the process to select a contractor for design, development, manufacture, delivery, integration, ground processing, in-orbit tests, commissioning and lifetime orbit support of Ekspress-AMU2.

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Planck switched off

October 23rd, 2013 by

The Planck satellite, part of the Herschel-Planck joint scientific mission, completed its mission today.

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Juno no longer in safe mode, on track to Jupiter

October 23rd, 2013 by

Here’s what happened to NASA’s Juno probe during the U.S. government shutdown.

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The Boeing Company (Network & Space Systems) results Q3 2013

October 23rd, 2013 by

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the third-quarter 2013.

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