Satellite News

Launch of the GOES P weather satellite aboard a Delta IV rocket has been postponed to 4/5 March, in order to replace a component in the fuel-delivery system from the pad to the launcher.
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The University of Queensland, Australia, will lead a A$14 million international consortium to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space systems, flying an autonomous scramjet vehicle at eight times the speed of sound – Mach 8, or 8,600 km/h.
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Arianespace has scheduled the launch of Eutelsat W3B aboard an Ariane 5 for August/September 2010.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation and Aerojet announced the initiation of the AJ26 rocket engine testing process for Orbital’s Taurus II medium-class launch vehicle with the delivery of a “pathfinder” engine to NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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NASA’s Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) on 25 February in Promontory, Utah.
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Astrium has successfully completed qualification testing on the Dispenser for the second-generation satellites of the Globalstar constellation.
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The first-arrived payload for Ariane 5’s year-opening flight is undergoing initial checkout at Europe’s Spaceport as preparations move forward for a dual-passenger mission set for 24 March.
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NASA has increased the support contract to the Virginia Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, to provide launch services for expendable launch vehicles.
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