Israeli Beresheet probe crashes on the moon
April 11th, 2019 by
The attempt by Israeli company SpaceIL to soft-land its Beresheet spacecraft on the moon’s surface has ended in failure.
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Archive for April 11th, 2019
Intelsat 29e suffers fuel leak
April 11th, 2019 by
Intelsat-29e is drifting in orbit after two anomalies. The satellite “experienced damage” on 7 April that resulted in a fuel leak.
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Virgin Orbit and EXOLAUNCH sign launch agreement
April 11th, 2019 by
EXOLAUNCH, a Germany-based launch services provider and cluster integrator for small satellites, and Virgin Orbit announced the signing of an MOU for transporting EXOLAUNCH customers’ payloads on dedicated and rideshare missions with Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne as early as 2020.
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Harris receives US$243 million GPS III follow-on contract
April 11th, 2019 by
Harris Corporation has received a US$243 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide fully digital navigation signals for the first two GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites – to deliver stronger signals, with greater operational flexibility.
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RUAG Space delivers navigation receiver for NASA’s PACE climate mission
April 11th, 2019 by
RUAG Space will deliver a navigation receiver for NASA’s climate mission PACE, which is scheduled to launch in 2022.
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