January 8th, 2014 by
Orbital’s Antares launch team has decided to scrub today’s launch attempt due to an unusually high level of space radiation that exceeded by a considerable margin the constraints imposed on the mission to ensure the rocket’s electronic systems are not impacted by a harsh radiation environment.
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January 8th, 2014 by
ESA’s billion-star surveyor Gaia is now in its operational orbit around a gravitationally stable virtual point in space called ‘L2′, 1.5 million km from Earth.
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January 8th, 2014 by
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced the global expansion of the Dream Chaser Space System through recently finalised co-operative understandings with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
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