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Archive for April 1st, 2018

10 more Iridium NEXT satellites in space

April 1st, 2018 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 10 Iridium NEXT satellites; Date: 30 March 2018, 1413 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. All 10 new satellites have successfully communicated with the Iridium Satellite Network Operations Center and are preparing to begin testing.

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China launches three high-res imaging satellites

April 1st, 2018 by

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Gaofen-1 02, Gaofen-1 03 and Gaofen-1 04; Date: 1 April 2018, 0322 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellites Launch Center, China. The satellites were put into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of around 645 kilometres.;

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Contact lost with GSAT-6A

April 1st, 2018 by

ISRO on Sunday said it has lost contact with its GSAT-6A satellite two days after its successful launch from Sriharikota.

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