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Archive for January 27th, 2014

Chinese moon probe suffers anomaly

January 27th, 2014 by

China’s Yutu moon rover has experienced a mechanical control anomaly that could be related to the mechanism that protects Yutu from the cold of lunar night. Chinese media, however, did not give technical details of the problem.

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Ball Aerospace completes integration of WorldView-3 spacecraft

January 27th, 2014 by

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed integration of WorldView-3, the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite being built for DigitalGlobe. WorldView-3, the fourth remote-sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe by Ball, is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in summer 2014.

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Three Romanian channels select Eutelsat 16A

January 27th, 2014 by

Eutelsat Communications announced the signature of long-term capacity agreements on the Eutelsat 16A satellite with three of Romania’s flagship channels, Kanal D, B1 TV and Trinitas TV.

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