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Engineers at Orbital Sciences Corporation have installed the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument back onto to the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. With both the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and TIRS instruments now on the spacecraft, LDCM is a complete observatory.
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The unexpected slowing of NASA’s Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft – the so-called “Pioneer Anomaly” – turns out to be due to the slight, but detectable effect of heat pushing back on the spacecraft, according to a recent paper. The heat emanates from electrical current flowing through instruments and the thermoelectric power supply. The results were published in the journal Physical Review Letters.
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The Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-05M has docked with the International Space Station. The spacecraft approached ISS after two days of free flight in low Earth orbit. Flight operations during the final phase of the spacecraft rendezvous with the space station were performed normally, in automatic mode.
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Lockheed Martin announced that it has completed on-orbit testing of the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, designated MUOS-1, paving the way for the U.S. Navy’s multi-service operational test and evaluation phase in preparation for the start of operations in August 2012.
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The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. STPSat-3 spacecraft built for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will host five payloads and a de-orbit module when it launches in 2013.
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GS Yuasa Lithium Power, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a follow-on order by Orbital Sciences Corporation to deliver batteries to be used aboard the Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft supporting NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) programme for the International Space Station.
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Following the successful launch of the satellite on 5 July aboard an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, and after 11 days of LEOP (Launch and Early Orbit Phase) by ESA’s Centre, ESOC, EUMETSAT today took control of the MSG-3 operations.Other Posts:Boeing receives Satellite Industry Leadership AwardEuclid gets the green lightNASA blames feed-through connectors on sensor problemsLaunches with ESA participation in 2010Latest debris count for Kosmos/Iridium crashWhat is a Satellite TV System Package?GeoEye finalises contract with Lockheed MartinEurope’s third ATV is loaded with cargo for its 2012 launch