December 3rd, 2017 by
Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b (no upper stage); Payload: Lotos S1 [Kosmos 2524]; Date: 2 December 2017, 1043 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. “The Soyuz-2.1b carrier at the designated time took successfully to the target orbit the space apparatus for interests of the Russian Defence Ministry. The launch and taking of the apparatus to the orbit went in a regular mode,” the ministry said.
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December 3rd, 2017 by
Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: Land Survey Satellite-1 (LKW-1, Yaogan Weixing-31); Date: 3 December 2017, 0411 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. State media confirmed success of the launch under an hour later.
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December 3rd, 2017 by
Representatives from NASA, NOAA and Orbital ATK recently completed a successful spacecraft Critical Design Review (CDR) for JPSS-2, which demonstrated that the programme met all system and schedule requirements.
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