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Archive for January 9th, 2017

KZ-1A lofts small satellite on commercial mission

January 9th, 2017 by

Rocket: Kuaizhou-1A; Payload: JL-1, XY-S1, Caton-1; Date: 9 January 2017, 0411 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The small rocket sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission.

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Delay of the day: Falcon 9/Iridium Next (again)

January 9th, 2017 by

SpaceX’s planned rocket launch of 10 Iridium Next satellites aboard a Falcon 9 was delayed until 14 January owing to bad weather.

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