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Beidou-2 M2
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China will launch the ninth orbiter into space in "coming days" as part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network. The "Beidou," or Compass, navigation satellite will be launched on a Long March-3A carrier rocket, said an unnamed spokesman for the Xic...
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ShiJian-11-02 satellite
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China launches another experimental satellite China launched an experimental orbiter into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gansu Province on Friday. The SJ-11-02 orbiter was sent into space at 3:42 p.m. (07:42 GMT) by a Long March II-C carrier rocket, accordi...
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Syncom 2 satellite
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Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by Hughes Space and Communications. Syncom 2, launched on July 26, 1963 with the Delta B #20 launch ve...
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PicoSat
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A PicoSat, has been deployed from a canister in the shuttle cargo bay of the Space shuttle Atlantis (STS-135). The a small, eight-pound, 5" X 5" X 10" technology demonstration satellite will relay data back to investigators on the performance of its own solar cells for analysis and...
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GPS 2F-2 satellite
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A ULA Delta IV rocket is scheduled to launch the USAF GPS 2F-2 navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 06:45 GMT, 15th July, 2011. The launch window extends from 06:45 to 07:04 GMT.
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An Arianespace Soyuz rocket with a a Fregat upper stage is scheduled to launch a Globalstar mobile communications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 17:10 GMT, 19th October, 2010.
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TianLian 1B satellite
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A Long March 3C rocket with the Tian Lian 1B tracking and data relay satellite is scheduled to launch from the Xichang satellite launch complex on the 10th June, 2011.
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Pars 2 satellite
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Iran's Aerospace Organization plans to build two satellites namely Pars 2 and Qaem, the caretaker director of the organization announced on Sunday. Read more
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GMES Sentinel-4 satellite
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ESA today awarded a contract worth almost Euro 150 million to Astrium to develop and build two satellite sensors that will monitor Earth's atmosphere as part of Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme. The identical spectrometers, known as Sentinel-4, will each be ca...
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Kosmos-2472
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Soyuz carrier rocket orbits military satellite Soyuz-U carrier rocket that blasted off from the Plesetsk spaceport on Monday, June 27, has orbited a military satellite. Space Troops spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass that the carrier rocket had successfully put a...
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Shi-Jian-11-03 satellite
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China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Tuesday said it will launch an experimental orbiter in China's Shi-Jian satellite series in coming days. Read more Ed ~ Launch is scheduled for July 6 between 14:20 and 14:45...
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GSAT 8
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An Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA rocket is scheduled to launch the Insat 4G (GSAT 8) and ST-2 communications satellites from Kourou, French Guiana, on the 11th May, 2011. GSAT-8 includes a transponder for the GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) System (factoid: "gagan" means "...
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Arianespace to launch Astra 5B satellite
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Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES has once again chosen Arianespace, this time to launch its new Astra 5B satellite. SES, the Luxembourg-based satellite operator, confirmed today that it has chosen Arianespace as primary launch provider for its Astra 5B satellite, within the scope of th...
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KA-SAT satellite
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An ILS Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage is scheduled to launcg the KA-SAT communications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 21:51 GMT, 26th December, 2010. Eutelsat's KA-SAT is the first, in Europe, of a new generation of high throughput satellites optimised for cons...
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ST-2 satellite
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ST-2 scheduled to launch in May 2011 Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that its ST-2 satellite has completed assembly and integration, and successfully passed all major tests. The satellite is currently being shipped to its launch site, and scheduled for launch i...
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