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Archive for March 15th, 2017

SpaceX awarded contract for GPS III-3 launch services

March 15th, 2017 by

The U.S. Air Force announced the award of the second competitively sourced National Security Space (NSS) launch services contract in more than a decade. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) was awarded a contract for Global Positioning System (GPS) III Launch Services.

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Airbus ships first high-power all-electric Eutelsat 172B satellite

March 15th, 2017 by

Eutelsat 172B, the first high power all-electric telecommunications satellite, is now ready for shipment on 20 March from the Airbus satellite assembly facility in Toulouse to Kourou, French Guiana for Eutelsat. The satellite will be launched into orbit on an Ariane 5 in April, and will provide enhanced telecommunications, in-flight broadband and broadcast services for the Asia-Pacific region.

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SES-15 arrives at Kourou for launch onboard Soyuz

March 15th, 2017 by

SES announced that the SES-15 satellite has arrived at the European space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for its launch by a Soyuz vehicle in April 2017.

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