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SupremeSAT I
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What's described as Sri Lanka's first communications satellite - SupremeSAT I, is due to be launched today at the Chinese Xichang satellite launch centre at 3.43 p.m. (local time). During the news conference held on Tuesday at the minister's office, it was announced that two other satellites will...
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Alouette 2 satellite
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Alouette 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 04:48 UTC on November 29, 1965 by a Thor Agena rocket with Explorer 31 from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California. It was (like its predecessor Alouette 1, and Explorer 31) designed to explore the ionosphere. Read more
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AlSAT-1
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AlSAT-1 is the first Algerian satellite and it is part of a group of satellites collectively known as the Disaster Monitoring Constellation. The satellite was built by a group of engineers from Surrey Satellite Technology and CNTS. It was the first DMC satellite to be launched, in November 2002. Re...
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Chinasat 12
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China has launched its Chinasat 12 communication satellite into space, reports Xinhuanet. Conditions of the satellite are normal after it was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. Read more
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ISRO K band satellite
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ISRO eyes a 6-tonne 'K' band satellite The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to foray into the powerful and high-throughput world of 'K' band satellites by importing a six-tonne satellite, building one itself, or both. It is looking at packing in 100 beams in a 'next generation' sate...
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Yaogan 16
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Long March 4C launches Yaogan Weixing-16 spy satellite for China Following the postponement of the Zhongxing-12 (ChinaSat) communications satellite launch, the Chinese kept up their impressive launch pace with the lofting of the Yaogan Weixing-16 satellite by a Long March (Chang Zheng) 4C roc...
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Astérix 1 satellite
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Astérix, the first French satellite, was launched on November 26, 1965 by a rocket of type Diamant A from Hammaguir in Algeria. It was originally designated A-1, as the French Army's first satellite, but later renamed after the popular French cartoon character Astérix. Due to the relatively high a...
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EchoStar 16
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Launch of an ILS Proton-M Rocket with EchoStar 16 An ILS Proton-M rocket launched successfully from Baikonur with the EchoStar 16 satellite onboard. EchoStar 16 has 32 Ku-Band transponders which will provide additional services for the...
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CongoSat-01
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China and DR Congo reach communications satellite deal China is to launch a communications satellite for the Democratic Republic of Congo within the next three years, Chinese state-owned media reports. DR Congo will be the second African country after Nigeria to have such technology. [url=http...
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BEIDOU G6
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The BEIDOU G6 was launched from the Xichang launch facility on the 25th October, 2012.BEIDOU G6
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Transit 4B satellite
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Transit 4B was a US Navy navigation satellite launched by a Thor Able Star rocket on the 15th November, 1961. It carried a SNAP 3 nuclear power source. Transit, one of the first operational satellite systems, was also known as the Navy Navigation Satellite (NNS). Transit 4B was notable for sustainin...
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Telkom 3 satellite
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Russia launches two telecom satellites Russia launched two telecommunications satellites Monday night aboard a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan, according to the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos. The Indonesian satellite -- Telkom 3 -- is scheduled to separ...
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Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer
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20th Anniversary of the SAMPEX Launch in 1992. The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) satellite was launched in July 1992 into a low earth orbit at an altitude of 520 by 670 km and 82 degrees inclination. The satellite far exceeded its expected three-year lifetime. It...
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Einstein Observatory
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Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2) was the first fully imaging X-ray telescope put into space and the second of NASA's three High Energy Astrophysical Observatories. The Einstein Observatory, HEAO-2, was launched on November 13, 1978, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on an Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D boo...
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ARIANESPACE FLIGHT VA210
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The Launch Readiness Review (RAL) took place in Kourou on Wednesday November 7, 2012 and authorised count-down operations for the EUTELSAT 21B & STAR ONE C3 launch. Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites on its sixth Ariane 5 launch of the year: Eutelsat 21B for the Europea...
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