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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a constellation of seven satellites to give a boost to the country's security apparatus, a top scientist said here Sunday. ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair said the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) was being developed...
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TerraSAR-X Mission
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TerraSAR-X Scheduled for Launch from Baikonur on February 27th
The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X will be launched from Baikonur on February 27th, 2007 on a Dnepr-1 rocket. This new launch date has now been announced by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), its industrial partners Ast...
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Today, at 03.10, local time, a giant balloon was launched from Esrange, the Aerospace Operation Facility of the Swedish Space Corporation.
The balloon is carrying BLAST, a large sub-millimetre telescope for studies of star formation.
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Delijan Tracking Centre
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Iran said Sunday that it set up its first space tracking center to monitor objects passing in orbit overhead. Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said the center was for Iran's space-related security but that Tehran would also share the acquired data with other countries, the official IRNA news age...
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The Corot Space Telescope has completed its electromagnetic compatibility and vibration testing successfully and remains on schedule for launch this October.
The mini-satellite, carries a 1.1-meter telescope equipped with a 4-CCD wide-field camera.
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Luna 6
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Luna 6, or E-6 No.7 was an unmanned Soviet spacecraft which was intended to perform a landing on the Moon as part of the Luna program. Due to the failure of a mid-course correction manoeuvre, Luna 6 failed to land, instead flying past the Moon at a distance of 160,000 kilometres. [url=http://en.wikip...
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Ariane 5 Flight 501
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Ariane 5's first test flight (Ariane 5 Flight 501) on 4 June 1996 failed, with the rocket self-destructing 37 seconds after launch because of a malfunction in the control software Source
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The Indian Space Research Organisation will finalise details of Chandrayaan-II in six months, said Chairman G. Madhavan Nair. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the 58th International Astronautical Congress here, he said the ISRO would consider sending a lander-rover, which can move on t...
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AIM Satellite
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A Nasa satellite mission will be launched this year to study the highest and most mysterious clouds on Earth.
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NASA has designated the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to fly aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket. The launch will be provided under terms of a launch service agreement procured previously by NASA for this vehicle. The liftoff will occur from Space Laun...
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Manned mission to Mars
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Manned mission to Mars would threaten Martian life It may take decades before astronauts could set foot on Mars, but scientists have warned that humans could be a danger to the planet's native if they land on it. They say a swarming mass of 100 trillion microbes will travel with every astronaut who may...
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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N), to be launched into orbit for NASA aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket later this month, will be the focus of a media opportunity on Thursday, June 2. The event will be held at 17:30 GMT. at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Tit...
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Apollo 10
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Apollo 10 was launched on May 18, 1969, 16:49:00 UTC. Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the American Apollo space program. It was an F type mission - its purpose was to be a "dry run" for the Apollo 11 mission, testing all of the procedures and components of a Moon landing without actu...
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ILS International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat, the worlds fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, announced a contract today for the launch on an ILS Proton of Telesats recently ordered Telstar 14R satellite. Telstar 14R is under construction by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alt...
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Japanese Rocket Likely to Launch Arirang 3 Satellite[url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=6&key=2008103132]Read
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