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Archive for March 10th, 2015

MHI receives order for satellite launch services from EIAST of UAE

March 10th, 2015 by

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), an organisation established by the Dubai Government in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for launch services for the KhalifaSat observation satellite.

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Ascent unit assembly in progress for Proton-M launch in March

March 10th, 2015 by

Assembly of the ascent unit has begun at Baikonur for the Proton-M launch vehicle scheduled to orbit the Russian Express-AM7 satellite on 19 March.

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Thor 7 undergoing fuelling for dual-payload Ariane 5 mission in April

March 10th, 2015 by

Activities for Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch next month have moved into a new phase as the first of this heavy-lift mission’s two payloads is fuelled in French Guiana.

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Rosetta to start listening for signals from Philae

March 10th, 2015 by

On 12 March, Rosetta will begin listening for signs that the comet lander Philae is still “alive.” The lander came to rest on 12 November 2014 in a rather shaded location on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and needs to receive sufficient energy before it can wake up and begin communicating. This is the first chance to receive a signal from Philae.

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Imaging instrument successfully integrated on JPSS-1

March 10th, 2015 by

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) has been successfully integrated on- board NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne to lay off 500 employees in improvement programme

March 10th, 2015 by

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, announced that it has launched a continuous, multi-faceted competitive improvement programme (CIP) aimed at reducing costs and increasing operational efficiency among its 14 sites that are located in 11 states across the USA.

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