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ISRO close to signing three commercial launch contracts

August 13th, 2012 by

ISRO is reportedly close to signing contracts for launching three foreign satellites on board its PSLV rocket from Sriharikota spaceport.
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Delay of the day: Atlas V/NROL-36 (again)

August 10th, 2012 by

The launch of an Atlas V rocket and its classified payload from Vandenberg Air Force Base was postponed again.Other Posts:The Great Impact of Customers With HD Cable TVDelay of the day: SBIRS GEO-1Cable TV 101: Be Positive In Your BusinessNASA officially terminates RpK’s COTS contractFrost & Sullivan award for AsiaSatBond With Your Family With Satellite TVPitchers and Catchers Loosen Up on Satellite TVIntegration of Ariane 5 completed for Herschel/Planck mission

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Galactic Suite signs contract with CGWIC to send rover to the moon

August 9th, 2012 by

A Barcelona-based company, Galactic Suite, leading the industrial conglomerate, Barcelona Moon Team, announced it has signed a launch service contract for a Chinese rocket that will carry the Spanish robot to the Moon in 2014 to attempt to win the US$30 million Google Lunar X prize.
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Spaceflight inks deal with USAF for Kestrel Eye 1 launch

August 9th, 2012 by

Spaceflight Inc. announced that the USAF Space Development and Test Directorate has exercised a contract option to launch the Kestrel Eye 1 imaging nanospacecraft on a commercial launch in 2013.
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Sea Launch prepares for the launch of Intelsat 21

August 7th, 2012 by

The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch…Read more

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Next Galileo satellite reaches French Guiana launch site

August 7th, 2012 by

The next Galileo navigation satellite has touched…Read more

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NASA lands car-size rover beside Martian mountain

August 6th, 2012 by

NASA’s most advanced Mars rover Curiosity…Read more

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Roskosmos announces tender for moon rocket design

August 6th, 2012 by

Roskosmos announced a RUB10 million (US$300,000)…Read more

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