November 28th, 2014 by
The launch of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 26 (H-IIA F26) with the Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa 2″ onboard has been rescheduled as clouds including a freezing layer that exceeds the restrictions for suitable weather are forecast to be generated at around the scheduled launch time on 30 November, 0424 UTC.
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November 28th, 2014 by
The operations team at ESOC is conducting manoeuvres to raise the pericentre of the Venus Express (VEX) orbit again, in an effort to keep the spacecraft in productive orbit around Venus.
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November 28th, 2014 by
The European Space Agency’s JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) mission has been given the green light to proceed to the next stage of development. This approval is a milestone for the mission, which aims to launch in 2022 to explore Jupiter and its potentially habitable icy moons.
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November 28th, 2014 by
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) began regular provision of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 “Daichi-2″ (ALOS-2) observation data.
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November 28th, 2014 by
The 82nd meeting of the EUMETSAT Council took place in Darmstadt, Germany, on 26 November. The meeting achieved progress in the approval process for the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) programme.
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November 28th, 2014 by
The first ever gigabit transmission via laser of imagery between the radar sensor on Sentinel-1A and Alphasat satellites, the latter built by Airbus Defence and Space, has taken place successfully.
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November 27th, 2014 by
Comprehensive tests of the heavy-lift Angara A5 [also known as Angara 5] have been completed at Plesetsk. The launch vehicle (LV) was installed on the multi-purpose Angara pad.
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November 27th, 2014 by
The health of the IRNSS 1C navigation satellite launched last month by India is normal, according to Indian Space Research Organisation.
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