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Archive for June 13th, 2017

Two final Rokot launches announced

June 13th, 2017 by

The last launch of Russia’s light-class Rokot carrier rocket will take place early next year, Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center said.

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First Sentinel-2B images delivered by laser

June 13th, 2017 by

With the Sentinel-2B satellite close to beginning its working life in orbit, this latest Copernicus satellite has linked up to Alphasat by laser, across almost 36,000 km of space, to deliver images of Earth just moments after they were captured.

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Nammo acquires Moog’s European ISP businesses

June 13th, 2017 by

Nammo announced that it has agreed with Moog Inc. to acquire its In-Space Propulsion businesses in UK and Ireland.

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