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Archive for March 17th, 2015

Delay of the day: Falcon 9/TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat

March 17th, 2015 by

The launch of TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station has been postponed to no earlier than 28 March.

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Proton M ILV/Ekspress AM7 installed on launch pad

March 17th, 2015 by

Pursuant to the State Commission decision, the Proton M integrated launch vehicle (ILV) with the Ekspress AM7 satellite on board rolled out of the Integration & Testing Facility to the launch pad.

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Arianespace to carry out launches for UAE, U.S. company

March 17th, 2015 by

Arianespace announced that it has signed launch contracts with Airbus Defence and Space and with Skybox Imaging.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne tests AR1 additive manufactured components

March 17th, 2015 by

Aerojet Rocketdyne has recently completed a successful series of hot-fire tests of key additively manufactured components for its AR1 booster engine at its Sacramento test facility. The testing of the main injector elements represents another important milestone in the development of the AR1 engine and the company’s commitment to having a certified engine in production in 2019.

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ESP receives ESA contract for qualification of 5-kilowatt hall thruster

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European Space Propulsion (ESP), a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne, was awarded a contract valued at approximately EUR11 million from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the flight qualification of the 5-kilowatt XR-5E Hall Thruster.

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Harris’ unfurlable mesh antennas deployed on MUOS-3

March 17th, 2015 by

Two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors developed by Harris Corporation have successfully deployed onboard the third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin . This represents the fifth and sixth successful Harris reflector deployments in the planned five-satellite MUOS system.

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