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Archive for January 24th, 2014

New relay satellite launched for NASA

January 24th, 2014 by

Rocket: Atlas V 401; Payload: TDRS-L; Date: 24 January 2013, 0233 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Ground controllers report the satellite is in good health after the successful launch into geostationary transfer orbit.

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JWST spacecraft completes CDR

January 24th, 2014 by

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully passed the last significant mission design milestone for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the spacecraft Critical Design Review (CDR), five months ahead of schedule, following the replan.

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10 years ago: Opportunity lands on Mars

January 24th, 2014 by

NASA’s Opportunity team celebrated the Mars Exploration Rover’s 10th anniversary on Mars.

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Update: Belgian consortium signs contract to build Vietnamese EO satellite

January 24th, 2014 by

Spacebel informed me that the company “signed the FINAL Contract with VAST for the supply of VNREDSat-1b (and not a pre-contract agreement as mentioned in your article). SPACEBEL is prime of the Belgian consortium.”

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