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Archive for May 5th, 2017

GSLV launches India’s South Asia Satellite

May 5th, 2017 by

Rocket: GSLV-F09; Payload: GSAT-9 [South Asia Satellite]; Date: 5 May 2017, 1127 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. The satellite was successfully deployed into a 169 km x 36,105 km x 20.65 degrees Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.

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SFL successfully deploys CanX-7 drag sails

May 5th, 2017 by

After collecting over 4.3 million Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) messages from aircraft since it launched in September 2016, the 3.5 kilogram 10 cm x 10 cm x 34 cm CanX-7 nanosatellite deployed its four drag sails. CanX-7 was built by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).

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