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Archive for March 28th, 2019

Arianespace flight VS22: 5th launch for O3b constellation

March 28th, 2019 by

For its fourth mission of 2019 — and the second this year with the Soyuz medium launcher from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana, Arianespace will be launching four more O3b satellites for SES. Lift-off is currently scheduled for 4 April 2019, 1630 UTC.

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India’s ASAT test: results and reactions

March 28th, 2019 by

The U.S. Air Force is tracking at least 270 debris fragments created by an Indian anti-satellite missile test, but the debris field posed no immediate threat to the International Space Station or most other satellites in low Earth orbit, U.S. military officials said.

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