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Archive for June 4th, 2015

Delays of the day: Sentinel-2A, Star One C4/MSG-4

June 4th, 2015 by

News dates have been set for the next flights of the Vega and Ariane 5 rockets.

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Japan delays launch of unmanned lunar lander

June 4th, 2015 by

JAXA said it is pushing back the launch date for the country’s first unmanned moon landing to the second half of fiscal 2019. JAXA informed a panel meeting of the science ministry about the delay. The project was originally due to lift-off in fiscal 2018.

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Commercial Angara launch planned in 2016

June 4th, 2015 by

Russia’s newest heavy rocket carrier Angara-A5 will orbit a commercial satellite for the first time in 2016, the head of the Khrunichev Center was quoted as saying.

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Thales Alenia Space Belgium to supply ExoMars 2018 electronics

June 4th, 2015 by

Thales Alenia Space Belgium, the Belgian subsidiary of Thales Alenia Space, was chosen by OHB to supply electronics for the ExoMars 2018 mission to explore Mars.

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Three candidates for ESA’s next medium-class science mission

June 4th, 2015 by

Exoplanets, plasma physics and the X-ray Universe are the topics chosen by ESA to be considered for the fourth medium-class mission in its Cosmic Vision science programme, for launch in 2025.

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ESA and Chinese Academy of Sciences to study Smile as joint mission

June 4th, 2015 by

European and Chinese scientists have recommended the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer as their candidate for a collaborative science mission for launch in 2021.

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