Delay of the day: Ariane 5/Thor 7 and SICRAL 2
April 24th, 2015 by
During the final count-down operations for flight VA222 slated for today, an anomaly occurred on a conditioning equipment of the launcher.
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Archive for April 24th, 2015
Centenario pre-launch details
April 24th, 2015 by
A Proton M launch vehicle, utilising a five-burn Briz M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 0707 UTC on 29 April 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Centenario (MexSat-1) satellite on board.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop 100-kilowatt Hall Thruster System
April 24th, 2015 by
Aerojet Rocketdyne has been selected by the NASA Advanced Exploration Systems Division to start negotiations for a contract to design and demonstrate an advanced propulsion system that would enable human spaceflight to cislunar space and beyond to Mars.
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Molniya-1: celebrating 50 years since launch
April 24th, 2015 by
23 April marked 50 years since the launch of the first communications satellite of the Molniya family into a highly elliptical orbit.
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