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Archive for April 25th, 2018

Sentinel-3B in orbit

April 25th, 2018 by

Rocket: Rokot; Payload: Sentinel-3B; Date: 25 April 2018, 1757 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. Rokot’s upper stage delivered Sentinel-3B into its planned orbit.

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Improved GLONASS satellites to be launched from 2019

April 25th, 2018 by

Next-generation GLONASS satellites will be put into orbit starting next year, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying.

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China’s Chang’e-4 relay satellite named ‘Queqiao’

April 25th, 2018 by

The relay satellite for the Chang’e-4 lunar probe expected to land on the far side of the Moon later this year, has been named “Queqiao” – magpie bridge.

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