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The sixth heavy-lift Ariane 5 flight for Arianespace in 2012 has been given the “go” for lift-off on 9 November between 2105 and 2251 UTC following a successful launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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The Yamal-402 telecommunications satellite left Thales Alenia Space’s Cannes plant on 4 November and arrived today at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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The U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Space Operations Squadron recently accepted satellite control authority of its third Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite.Other Posts:IRC Selects Telenor Satellite Services for Satellite Communication ServicesIt’s changing in the big skyWhipping Up a Great Meal With Satellite TVSee the World’s Wild Wonders on Satellite TVGive Your Employees a Break With Satellite TVGOCE fully operational againNASA Selects technology concepts for study under NIACRaytheon executes recovery and delivery of weather satellite data via Antarctica
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to develop affordable design concepts for next generation Protected Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM).Other Posts:IRC Selects Telenor Satellite Services for Satellite Communication ServicesIt’s changing in the big skyWhipping Up a Great Meal With Satellite TVSee the World’s Wild Wonders on Satellite TVGive Your Employees a Break With Satellite TVGOCE fully operational againNASA Selects technology concepts for study under NIACRaytheon executes recovery and delivery of weather satellite data via Antarctica
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NASA said it has has tapped a team of aerospace, military and academic researchers for a three-year project that could dramatically improve in-flight navigation capabilities for space vehicles, military air and sea assets and commercial vehicles.Other Posts:IRC Selects Telenor Satellite Services for Satellite Communication ServicesIt’s changing in the big skyWhipping Up a Great Meal With Satellite TVSee the World’s Wild Wonders on Satellite TVGive Your Employees a Break With Satellite TVGOCE fully operational againNASA Selects technology concepts for study under NIACRaytheon executes recovery and delivery of weather satellite data via Antarctica
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and the non-profit B612 Foundation have signed a contract for Ball to create prototype infrared imaging sensors for the Sentinel Mission, a deep space mission to protect Earth by providing early warning of threatening asteroids.
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A Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 1922 UTC 400 km west of Baja California, Mexico. The splashdown successfully ended the first contracted cargo delivery flight contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station.Other Posts:Hayabusa making progress on its way backNOAA-12 shut down after 16 years in orbitCalian’s SED division signs C$8 million contract with InmarsatAriane 5 lofts satellites for Brazil, VietnamOrbcomm Inc. results Q2 2008The Whole Family Will Agree That Satellite TV Can’t Be BeatSBIRS GEO-1 exceeds expectations on path to operational certificationCuriosity rover gets software update
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Boeing said it is on schedule to deliver the next-generation series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), which will increase NASA’s signal processing and transmission capabilities among the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station and dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low Earth orbit.Other Posts:Hayabusa making progress on its way backNOAA-12 shut down after 16 years in orbitCalian’s SED division signs C$8 million contract with InmarsatAriane 5 lofts satellites for Brazil, VietnamOrbcomm Inc. results Q2 2008The Whole Family Will Agree That Satellite TV Can’t Be BeatSBIRS GEO-1 exceeds expectations on path to operational certificationMission accomplished for ATV Edoardo Amaldi
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