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Archive for February 8th, 2022

EUMESAT awards GMV optical data services for Meteosat satellites

February 8th, 2022 by

Following an open invitation to tender,GMV has been awarded a new contract by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), located in Darmstadt (Germany) for the provision of Operational Optical Data Services to support the flight dynamics operations of its fleet of Meteosat (MSG and MTG) satellites in GEO.

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SBIRS GEO-5 operationally accepted

February 8th, 2022 by

The fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) satellite built by Lockheed Martin, has been operationally accepted by the U.S. Space Force less than a year after being launched into orbit.

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NASA selects developer for rocket to retrieve first samples from Mars

February 8th, 2022 by

NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a small, lightweight rocket to launch rock, sediment, and atmospheric samples from the surface of the Red Planet.

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PSLV/EOS-04 launch set for 14 February

February 8th, 2022 by

The launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C52 is scheduled at 0029 UTC on 14 February 2022 from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

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