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Archive for October 19th, 2017

NASA awards launch services contract for Landsat 9 mission

October 19th, 2017 by

NASA has selected United Launch Services to provide launch services for the Landsat 9 mission.

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NASA awards launch services contract for Sentinel-6A mission

October 19th, 2017 by

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6A mission. Launch is currently targeted for November 2020, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Iridium announces date for 4th Iridium NEXT launch

October 19th, 2017 by

Iridium Communications Inc. announced that the fourth Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted by SpaceX for 23 December 2017 at 0126 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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Spacecom orders two Falcon 9 launches

October 19th, 2017 by

Israel’s Space Communication (Spacecom) has signed a deal with SpaceX to launch two communication satellites, after a Falcon 9 rocket with Spacecom’s Amos 6 on board exploded on the launch pad in 2016.

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