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First P120 nozzle shipped to Kourou

April 5th, 2018 by

The first nozzle of the P120 solid rocket motor common to the future European launchers has just left for the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou (French Guiana). It will be fitted to the body of the booster intended for the first firing test on the solid rocket booster test stand (BEAP).

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Rocket Lab announces next launch

April 4th, 2018 by

US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab confirmed it will open a 14-day launch window this month to conduct the company’s first fully commercial launch.

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New Dragon on its way to ISS

April 3rd, 2018 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon/CRS-14; Date: 3 April 2018, 1230 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. SpaceX did not attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage after launch.

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Bangabandhu Satellite-1 at Cape Canaveral

April 2nd, 2018 by

Bangabandhu Satellite-1 left Thales Alenia Space’s Cannes plant on 28 March and has arrived at Cape Canaveral on 30 March.

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10 more Iridium NEXT satellites in space

April 1st, 2018 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 10 Iridium NEXT satellites; Date: 30 March 2018, 1413 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. All 10 new satellites have successfully communicated with the Iridium Satellite Network Operations Center and are preparing to begin testing.

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China launches three high-res imaging satellites

April 1st, 2018 by

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Gaofen-1 02, Gaofen-1 03 and Gaofen-1 04; Date: 1 April 2018, 0322 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellites Launch Center, China. The satellites were put into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of around 645 kilometres.;

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TESS to launch on 16 April

March 28th, 2018 by

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its launch on 16 April.

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JWST further delayed

March 27th, 2018 by

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope currently is undergoing final integration and test phases that will require more time to ensure a successful mission. After an independent assessment of remaining tasks for the highly complex space observatory, Webb’s previously revised 2019 launch window now is targeted for approximately May 2020.

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