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Archive for August 18th, 2021

Rocket Lab to Launch Four PocketQube Satellites for Alba Orbital

August 18th, 2021 by

Rocket Lab, a leading launch provider and space systems company, announced it has signed a rideshare agreement with Scottish-American PocketQube satellite manufacturer, Alba Orbital, to launch a cluster of small satellites designed to demonstrate radio and night-time Earth observation technologies.

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Ariane 5 upper stage for Webb heads for Europe’s Spaceport

August 18th, 2021 by

The upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket which will launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) later this year, is on its way to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

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Zenit rocket debris hits Chinese satellite

August 18th, 2021 by

China’s Yunhai 1-02 satellite was damaged on 18 March 2021, apparently by a piece of a fragmented Zenit-2 rocket that launched a Tselina-2 electronic spy satellite in September 1996.

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