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Archive for September 2nd, 2020

Angosat-2 to be launched next spring

September 2nd, 2020 by

The Angosat-2 telecoms satellite that Russia is developing for Angola will be orbited in March 2022, Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company General Director Nikolai Testoyedov was quoted as saying. The company is now making the satellite platform, he added.

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Russia prepares serial production of GLONASS-K2 satellites

September 2nd, 2020 by

A contract for the serial production of the latest GLONASS-K2 satellites for Russia’s global GLONASS orbital navigation system will be signed in 2021, CEO of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company (the satellites’ producer) Nikolai Testoyedov said.

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Sky Italia renews capacity contract at Eutelsat’s Hotbird position

September 2nd, 2020 by

Eutelsat Communications and Sky Italia have reached a strategic agreement for the renewal of Sky’s capacity contract at Eutelsat’s Hotbird position.

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Rocket Lab granted FAA launch operator license

September 2nd, 2020 by

Rocket Lab has been granted a five-year Launch Operator License by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Electron missions from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2.

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Watch live: Arianespace Vega rocket launching 53 satellite tonight!

September 2nd, 2020 by

An Arianespace Vega rocket will launch tonight, Sept. 2, to prove its ability to launch 53 small satellites at once. You can watch it live here.

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Vega rocket launching on return-to-flight mission tonight: Watch it live

September 2nd, 2020 by

Arianespace’s Vega rocket is scheduled to launch from the Guiana Space Center tonight (Sept. 2) at 9:51 p.m. EDT, carrying 53 satellites into orbit.

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NASA test-fires its SLS megarocket booster for future moon missions (video)

September 2nd, 2020 by

NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket finished a full-scale flight support booster test Wednesday (Sept. 2) as the agency gets ready to fly astronauts to the moon one day.

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Space art-ifact: Uplift Aerospace offers to paint murals on Blue Origin spacecraft

September 2nd, 2020 by

A commercial spacecraft that has been designed to launch people on brief trips into space has inspired a new creative use — as a canvas for artwork.

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