December 28th, 2013 by
Rocket: Soyuz 2-1v; Payload: AIST, two calibration spheres plus some ballast mass; Date: 28 December 2013, 1234 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The inaugural mission of the new rocket was a success, its manufacturer TsSKB Progress said.Related Post:NASA Postpones Dawn Spacecraft LaunchMetOp-A Integrated With Upper StageMetop Launch Postponed By High WindBoeing Announces Teams For Ares 1 Upper Stage BidGOCE launch back on trackSMOS and Proba-2 mated with Rokot upper stageProton M with Inmarsat 5F-1 on the launch padBe Smart Enough To Choose A Digital TV PlanZemanta
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December 28th, 2013 by
ISRO said the Mission Readiness Review (MRR) team and the Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) have cleared the GSLV-D5/GSAT 14 launch at 1158 UTC on 5 January 2014.Related Post:NASA Postpones Dawn Spacecraft LaunchMetOp-A Integrated With Upper StageMetop Launch Postponed By High WindBoeing Announces Teams For Ares 1 Upper Stage BidGOCE launch back on trackSMOS and Proba-2 mated with Rokot upper stageProton M with Inmarsat 5F-1 on the launch padBe Smart Enough To Choose A Digital TV PlanZemanta
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December 28th, 2013 by
China Great Wall Industry Corporation said that TKSat-1 has arrived at 87.2 degrees West. The satellite was handed over to Bolivia on 27 December.Related Post:NASA Postpones Dawn Spacecraft LaunchMetOp-A Integrated With Upper StageMetop Launch Postponed By High WindBoeing Announces Teams For Ares 1 Upper Stage BidGOCE launch back on trackSMOS and Proba-2 mated with Rokot upper stageProton M with Inmarsat 5F-1 on the launch padBe Smart Enough To Choose A Digital TV PlanZemanta
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December 27th, 2013 by
The Ekspress-AM5 telecommunications spacecraft, designed and constructed by Information Satellite Systems – Reshetnev Company, was successfully launched into supersynchronous transfer orbit on 26 December 2013. A ground control station received signals from the spacecraft, verifying it is healthy in orbit – solar panels deployed, the onboard equipment is performing as designed, Sun acquisition has been completed successfully.Related Post:Shuttle launch delayed againSTS-119 delayed three more days at leastDelay of the day: STS-119Hubble mission to start one day earlier than previously plannedNASA to launch Discovery as plannedNext shuttle launch on 13 June7 February confirmed as STS-122 launch dateSTS-123 launch date confirmedZemanta
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December 27th, 2013 by
NASA and JAXA selected 1807 to 2007 UTC on 27 February as the launch date and launch window for a Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center.Related Post:Shuttle launch delayed againSTS-119 delayed three more days at leastDelay of the day: STS-119Hubble mission to start one day earlier than previously plannedNASA to launch Discovery as plannedNext shuttle launch on 13 June7 February confirmed as STS-122 launch dateSTS-123 launch date confirmedZemanta
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December 27th, 2013 by
The inaugural launch of the Soyuz-2-1v rocket has again been rescheduled. Lift-off from Plesetsk is now planned for 28 December, 1000 UTC.Related Post:Shuttle launch delayed againSTS-119 delayed three more days at leastDelay of the day: STS-119Hubble mission to start one day earlier than previously plannedNASA to launch Discovery as plannedNext shuttle launch on 13 June7 February confirmed as STS-122 launch dateSTS-123 launch date confirmedZemanta
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