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Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced that it successfully completed development testing of its MR-104H 100 lbf-class monopropellant hydrazine thruster.
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International Launch Services (ILS) successfully carried the Y1B satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an ILS Proton for Al Yah Satellite Communications (Yahsat) of Abu Dhabi. This was third ILS Proton launch so far this year and the 72nd ILS Proton launch overall.
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The J-2X engine is currently on the A-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for an extensive round of tests to build on last year’s successful test firings. The engine will provide upper-stage power for NASA’s evolved Space Launch System (SLS), a new heavy-lift rocket capable of missions to deep space.
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Rocket: Proton-M/Briz-M; Payload: Y1B (Yahsat 1B); Date: 23 April 2012, 2218 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Proton M launch vehicle, utilising a 5-burn Briz M mission design, lifted off from Pad 39 at Baikonur. Separation of the satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 12 minutes after lift-off (too late for this issue).

The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C19)/Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) mission, which met on 21 April 2012 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota has cleared the launch of PSLV-C19/RISAT (Radar Imaging Satellite) 1 mission at 0017 UTC on 26 April 2012.

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-15M…Read more

Aerojet has delivered the 50th Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) to United Launch Alliance (ULA) in support of the Atlas V launch vehicle.
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Astrium has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to pursue development of the Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution (A5 ME) launcher. The final decision on the development of Ariane 5 ME will be taken by the ESA member states at a Ministerial Council meeting slated for November 2012.