November 1st, 2018 by
Oleg Skorobogatov, the head of the commission that probed the 11 October Soyuz FG accident, said the flight was aborted because part of a sensor that indicates the separation of the stages of the rocket was damaged during assembly at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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November 1st, 2018 by
The two passengers for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 flight – the GEO-KOMPSAT-2A and GSAT-11 satellites – are now in French Guiana where launch preparations are moving into a new phase for lift-off during December.
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November 1st, 2018 by
On 31 October 2018, Parker Solar Probe began its first of 24 solar encounters. This period — which lasts until 11 November — is the time during which the spacecraft is within 0.25 astronomical units, or 37 million km, of the Sun’s centre.
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November 1st, 2018 by
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft missed scheduled communications sessions with NASA’s Deep Space Network on 31 October and 1 November.
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November 1st, 2018 by
Harris Corporation has provided Lockheed Martin with its sixth of ten advanced navigation payloads contracted for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellite programme.
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November 1st, 2018 by
Maxar Technologies said it is actively talking with potential buyers for its geostationary communications satellite business.
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November 1st, 2018 by
Telesat Canada (“Telesat”) announced its financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ending 30 September 2018.
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