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Archive for January 19th, 2015

IXV switched on

January 19th, 2015 by

Scheduled for lift-off on 11 February between 1300 and 1500 UTC, a Vega rocket will loft the European Space Agency’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), which was developed to test reentry technologies in developing systems and advanced technologies for future transportation systems.

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Delay of the day: Falcon 9.1/DSCOVR

January 19th, 2015 by

The U.S. Air Force (USAF), acting in its capacity as the launch services provider with SpaceX, and with concurrence from NOAA and NASA, has announced a delay in the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission.

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Service interruption for Galileo system upgrade

January 19th, 2015 by

Galileo’s navigation messages will shortly stop being updated, in order to enable the migration of a new release for Galileo’s world-spanning ground mission segment.

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SES Government Solutions appoints new President & CEO

January 19th, 2015 by

SES Government Solutions (SES GS) announced the appointment of a new President and CEO, Brig Gen Peter Hoene, USAF (Ret), effective 2 March 2015.

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