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Archive for July 25th, 2018

Final Ariane 5 ES launches 4 Galileo satellites

July 25th, 2018 by

Rocket: Ariane 5 ES; Payload: four Galileo satellites; Date: 27 July 2018, 1125 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane 5 deployed its four passengers during a mission lasting approximately 3 hours, 56 minutes.

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Falcon 9 lofts penultimate set of Iridium NEXT satellites

July 25th, 2018 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Iridium NEXT 7 (10 satellites); Date: 25 July 2018, 1139 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. This was the seventh set of satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT. The satellites began deployment about an hour after launch.

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Delay of the day: Delta IV/Parker Solar Probe (again)

July 25th, 2018 by

NASA and its mission partners are now targeting 11 August for the launch of the Parker Solar Probe mission to the Sun.

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