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Hughes Network Systems, LLC said it has entered into a Launch Services Agreement with Arianespace for the launch of the company’s next-generation Jupiter satellite.
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Aerojet announced that NASA has successfully completed altitude testing of Aerojet’s advanced 5500-lbf [24.5 kN] Liquid Oxygen (LOX)/Liquid Methane (LCH4) Rocket Engine at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF).
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The second Arabsat 5th generation satellite, Badr-5 (technically: Arabsat-5B), has arrived at Baikonur Cosmodrome for a Proton M/Briz M launch currently scheduled for 4 June. This will be the 6th Proton mission of 2010 year.
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The launch of India’s PSLV C-15 is likely to be delayed until June, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported.
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Aerojet and Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT) announced that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership to compete for research, development and production on NASA’s new hydrocarbon engine and advanced upper stage engine.
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The launch of ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) fixed for 9 May 2010 has been rescheduled.
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NASA is planning to make some changes to the target launch dates for the last two scheduled space shuttle flights.
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Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-05M (Progress P37); Date: 28 April 2010, 1715 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.
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