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Global Positioning System satellite achieves 20 years on-orbit The Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation is the most robust and capable system in the history of space. Space Vehicle Number (SVN) 23 is a testament to how the Air Force continues to meet and exceed its operational requireme...
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CarbonSat
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Two new Earth observation missions chosen for further study As part of the procedure to realise ESA's series of Earth Explorers, two new mission proposals have been selected for further development. The missions, called FLEX and CarbonSat, now vying to be the eighth Earth Explorer both address ke...
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Zhongxing-20A
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China successfully launched a communications satellite, "Zhongxing-20A", at 12:09 a.m. Thursday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. "Zhongxing-20A" would help improve the country's radio and television broadcasts, said...
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A ULA is scheduled to launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket with the classified NROL-32 satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, from Cape Canaveral, at 23:10 GMT, 18th November, 2010.
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Skyterra 1 Satellite
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The launch campaign for the tenth Proton mission in 2010 has officially started in Baikonur with the arrival of the SkyTerra 1 spacecraft. This campaign started only three days after the completion of the prior commercial Proton mission lofting the SIRIUS XM-5 satellite for SIRIUS XM Radio. SkyTe...
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UK-DMC-1 satellite
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SSTL satellite steps aside to reduce space junk Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully repositioned the UK-DMC-1 spacecraft, which is reaching the end of its operational life, using unspent propellant to reduce the orbital lifetime and the probability of generating space deb...
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The launch of a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base tentatively has been delayed 48 hours due to a problem related to the space booster. Liftoff of the rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg now will shoot for 7:20 p.m. Sunday, officials said Wednesday evening. The launch initial...
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Fengyun-3B satellite
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China has launched a weather forecasting satellite. The Fengyun-3B satellite was successfully launched atop a long March 4C launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Launch Centre in northern China's Shanxi Province, at 18:37 UT, 4th November, 2010. The Fengyun-3B (FY-3) is a 2nd generation polar orbit m...
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Meridian satellite
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Russia successfully launched and orbited a Meridian communications satellite of the Kosmos series overnight. A Soyuz-2a rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk launching site at 00:38 GMT and successfully placed the payload into the near-Earth orbit. A carrier rocket in the family of modernized S...
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Beidou (Compass) navigation satellite
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China will launch its sixth orbiter into space in the "coming days" as part of its plans to set up indigenous satellite-navigation and-positioning network, a top official said Friday. A spokesman for the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province said the &...
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W3B satellite
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The Paris-based Eutelsat company says its latest spacecraft has failed less than 24 hours after being launched on an Ariane rocket from French Guiana. The satellite operator said the W3B platform had developed a leak in its propellant system and could not raise itself to its operational orbit. [ur...
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BSAT-3b Satellite
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Lockheed Martin-Built BSAT-3b Satellite Ready for Launch The BSAT-3b broadcasting satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) of Japan, is ready for liftoff on Oct. 28 aboard an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle provided by Arianespac...
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MAPHEUS-2
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A US Nike/improved Orion rocket with the German MAPHEUS-2 is scheduled to be launched from the Esrange Space Centre, Sweden in October, 2010. The payload will carry out experiments in microgravity in Suborbital flight. The MAPHEUS-1 was successfully launched from Esrange Space Centre on the 22n...
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SIRIUS XM 5 Satellite
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An ILS Proton rocket is scheduled to launch the Sirius XM 5 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 18:53 GMT, 14th October, 2010.
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ABS-2 spacecraft
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Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) today announced that they have contracted for Space Systems/Loral to manufacture the ABS-2 spacecraft which is scheduled for launch in 2013. ABS-2 will be one of the most powerful commercial satellites launched for service in the Ea...
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