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Archive for June 11th, 2014

Failed bearing blamed in Proton launch failure

June 11th, 2014 by

The crash of the Proton space rocket on 16 May was due to a failed bearing in the steering engine’s turbo pump, the chief of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, Oleg Ostapenko, was quoted as saying.

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Delay of the day: Falcon 9/Orbcomm

June 11th, 2014 by

The launch of SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket has been delayed to 16 June to accommodate additional work on one of the launcher’s six Orbcomm data relay satellites, officials said.

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New Intelsat for MultiChoice

June 11th, 2014 by

Intelsat S.A. has signed a 15-year service agreement with African pay TV provider MultiChoice on a new satellite to be added to the Intelsat network.

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JPSS-1 ozone monitoring instrument completes major milestone

June 11th, 2014 by

The second of five instruments that will fly aboard NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) successfully completed its pre- shipment review. The Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument will be hosted on the upcoming JPSS-1 satellite mission scheduled to launch in early 2017 and is currently flying on board the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite.

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Lockheed Martin stacks Orion crew module on service module

June 11th, 2014 by

Following the completion of the heat shield installation, Lockheed Martin has stacked the Orion crew module atop of the service module. The stacking took place inside the Final Assembly and System Test (FAST) cell inside the Operations and Checkout facility at Kennedy Space Center.

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DigitalGlobe gets license to sell sharper satellite imagery

June 11th, 2014 by

DigitalGlobe, Inc. has received notice from the U.S. Department of Commerce on its application to allow the company to sell its highest-quality commercial satellite imagery.

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