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Archive for April 3rd, 2018

New Dragon on its way to ISS

April 3rd, 2018 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon/CRS-14; Date: 3 April 2018, 1230 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. SpaceX did not attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage after launch.

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DSN-1/Superbird-8 and HYLAS 4 pre-launch details

April 3rd, 2018 by

Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 flight has been authorised for lift-off on 5 April following a launch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

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SWSL to provide equipment for Europa Clipper

April 3rd, 2018 by

SSL was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and build critical equipment for the Europa Clipper spacecraft that will explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons.

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DSI to provide Comet satellite propulsion for BlackSky, LeoStella

April 3rd, 2018 by

Deep Space Industries (DSI) announced that it has signed a contract to provide its Comet water-based satellite propulsion systems for the BlackSky Earth observation constellation of smallsats.

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