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Archive for March 23rd, 2015

Launch of IRNSS-1D by PSLV-C27 on 28 March 2015

March 23rd, 2015 by

The launch of India’s fourth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1D onboard PSLV-C27 is now officially scheduled at 1149 UTC on Saturday, 28 March 2015 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

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Launch of IRNSS-1D by PSLV-C27 on 28 March 2015

March 23rd, 2015 by

The launch of India’s fourth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1D onboard PSLV-C27 is now officially scheduled at 1149 UTC on Saturday, 28 March 2015 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

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GPS IIF-9 ready for launch

March 23rd, 2015 by

The U.S. Air Force and its industry partners are scheduled to launch the ninth Boeing-built Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle on 25 March. The launch window opens at 1836 UTC and will remain open for 18 minutes.

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GPS IIF-9 ready for launch

March 23rd, 2015 by

The U.S. Air Force and its industry partners are scheduled to launch the ninth Boeing-built Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle on 25 March. The launch window opens at 1836 UTC and will remain open for 18 minutes.

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Delay of the day: Falcon 9/TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat (again)

March 23rd, 2015 by

SpaceX has further delayed the launch of TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, and will instead go ahead with the lift-off of a Dragon supply ship on a cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station first.

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Error detected in GPS ground control system

March 23rd, 2015 by

Lockheed Martin said it is working to resolve a technical error that affected some global positioning system (GPS) satellites. The error involved the satellites’ ground control system and did not degrade the accuracy of GPS signals.

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Northrop Grumman qualifies rad-hard 1Mbit EEPROM nonvolatile memory

March 23rd, 2015 by

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed qualification testing of the W28C0108 1Mbit electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) semiconductor device for radiation-hardened space applications.

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ULA launches campaign to name new rocket

March 23rd, 2015 by

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is calling on citizens to vote for the name of the new rocket that will be responsible for the majority of the United States’ future space launches.

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