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exactView-1 satellite
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SSTL announces exactView-1 satellite launch date Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is announcing the planned launch of exactView-1, the highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, on 22nd July by a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Co...
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Open Source Satellite Initiative
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The Open Source Satellite Initiative by Hojun Song Space programs so far have been the domain of governments and the military-industrial complex - rarely ever have individuals ventured into outer space. But after years of research Korea...
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TL-1 Tianlian I satellite
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A Chang Zheng 3C rocket has successfully launched the TL-1 Tianlian I-3 'Sky Link' tracking and data relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre at 15:43 UT, 26th July, 2012.
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Explorer 4 satellite
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Explorer 4 (satellite 1958 epsilon) was a US satellite launched on July 26, 1958. It was instrumented by Dr. James van Allen's group. The Department of Defence's Advanced Research Projects Agency had initially planned two satellites for the purposes of studying the Van Allen radiation belts and t...
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Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
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The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) was launched on July 25, 1990 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) for a nominal three-year mission to investigate fields, plasmas, and energetic particles inside the Earth's magnetosphere. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/...
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TET-1
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German TET-1 small satellite launched On 22 July 2012 at 08:41:39 CEST, the first small German satellite in the 'On-Orbit-Verification' (OOV) programme was carried into orbit from the Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan by a Russian Soyuz launch vehicle. TET-1 is a technology testbed with 11 exp...
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Kanopus V satellite
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The Kanopus V (Russia) and BelKA-2 (Belorussia) satellites is scheduled for April 2011 from Plesetsk booster site. The satellites will be launched together by the Rokot booster into the circular sun-synchronous orbit with the altitude of 510 - 540 km. The space vehicles are identical by their cha...
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Rohini 1 satellite
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Today is the 30th Anniversary of the Indian Rohini 1 satellite launch. Rohini is the name given to a series of satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Rohini series consisted of four satellites, all of which were launched by the Indian Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) and...
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Opsat and Opsis
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Italy Eyes Optical Sats To Complement Radar Data Italy appears to be the latest example of Europe's inability to come together in space-based surveillance. Although it faces enormous budget pressures, the government is progressing with the purchase of optical imaging satellites on two separat...
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India will launch another advanced communication satellite - GSAT-12 - in geosynchronous orbit in the second week of July using a smaller rocket, a senior official said Wednesday. The 1,400kg GSAT-12 will be launched from the spaceport at Sriharikota, about 80 km northeast of Chennai, on board th...
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Hylas-3 satellite
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EDRS makes room for Hylas-3 When the European Data Relay System launches its second satellite in 2015, it will be taking the Hylas-3 communications package along for the ride thanks to ESA's 'hosted payload' approach. EDRS is being built through a publicprivate partnership between ESA and Astriu...
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EchoStar XVII satellite
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The Launch Readiness Review (RAL) took place in Kourou on Tuesday July 3, 2012 and authorised count-down operations for the Echostar XVII & MSG-3 launch. Arianespace will orbit two satellites on its third Ariane 5 launch of the year: the dedicated Internet satellite EchoStar XVII for the Amer...
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SES-5 satellite
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ILS PROTON launch of SES-5 satellite postponed The launch of an ILS Proton launch vehicle with the SES-5 satellite was postponed today for technical reasons with the launch vehicle. The satellite is being launched for SES of Luxembourg and was built by Space Systems/Loral. The launch date will be...
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Goodrich Hits Air Force ORS-1 Recon Satellite Milestone Goodrich Corporation has successfully integrated its electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensor payload with the Air Force's ORS-1 reconnaissance satellite, making the quick-launch satellite looking good for delivery by the end of the ye...
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Key Hole satellites
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The KH-11 KENNAN (KENNEN according to other sources), renamed CRYSTAL in 1982 and also referenced by the codenames 1010, and "Key Hole"), is a type of reconnaissance satellite launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office since December 1976. Manufactured by Lockheed in S...
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