Tag: Dnepr

  • GRACE satellites to end research mission in November, before replacements launch

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    Artist’s concept of the GRACE satellites in orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Two U.S.-German satellites launched more than 15 years ago to measure Earth’s changing gravity field will stop collecting data in November, a few months before a pair of replacement craft will launch to resume gravity measurements, NASA officials said. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment,…

  • Iridium to share Falcon 9 launch with NASA-German gravity satellites

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    The first 10 Iridium Next satellites launched Jan. 14 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX Iridium has secured a launch for five more of its next-generation communications craft in a rideshare arrangement with two U.S.-German research satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket by early 2018. The announcement…

  • With Russian launch grounded, Iridium flips order of satellite deployments

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    Artist’s concept of an Iridium Next satellite. Credit: Iridium Stymied by Russian government dithering that has indefinitely grounded a test launch on a modified Soviet-era missile, Iridium officials say that SpaceX agreed to move forward to July the first of seven Falcon 9 launches from California with the company’s next-generation mobile communications satellites. Iridium originally…

  • Radio bug to keep new Iridium satellites grounded until April

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    Artist’s concept of an Iridium Next satellite. Credit: Thales Alenia Space The first launch for Iridium’s next-generation mobile communications fleet has been pushed back four months — from December until April — to resolve a technical problem inside the spacecraft’s Ka-band communications payload. The announcement Oct. 29 means Iridium will miss a long-targeted timetable to…

  • South Korean satellite launched by Dnepr rocket

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    A stockpiled Soviet-era ballistic missile shot out of an underground silo on a remote Russian military base Wednesday and powered into orbit with a South Korean Earth observation satellite. South Korea’s Kompsat 3A imaging satellite rode the 111-foot-tall Dnepr launcher on a 15-minute journey into space after liftoff at 2208:46 GMT (6:08:46 p.m. EDT) from…

  • Russia’s Dnepr rocket launches Kompsat-3A mission

    Russia’s Dnepr rocket launches Kompsat-3A mission

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    International Space Company (ISC) Kosmotras has launched its Russian Dnepr rocket from Dombarovsky on Wednesday, carrying the Kompsat-3A satellite for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). The launch – which nearly fell foul of a proposed shutdown of Dnepr utilization – was reported to be on schedule at 22:08 UTC. Dnepr Launch: Earlier in the year,…

  • Customers assured of Dnepr rocket’s near-term availability

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    File photo of a Dnepr rocket launch. Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja Flights of the Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr rocket are expected to continue this year despite proclamations the satellite launcher program is suspended, officials said this week. The light-class Dnepr rocket, which has found a niche in launching flocks of small satellites, is derived from the R-36M missile…

  • Japanese satellites launched on Soviet-era missile

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    A decommissioned Soviet-era ballistic missile — adapted for space launches instead of nuclear war — rocketed out of an underground silo and sent five Japanese Earth observing satellites into orbit Thursday. The 111-foot-tall Dnepr rocket fired out of a missile silo at the Dombarovsky military base in southern Russia at 0735 GMT (2:35 a.m. EST;…

  • Russian Dnepr rocket lofts record haul of 37 satellites

    Russian Dnepr rocket lofts record haul of 37 satellites

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    A Russian Dnepr rocket launched a record-breaking thirty-seven satellites on Friday morning local time, deploying a cluster of spacecraft for scientific research and commercial operation. The mission departed on schedule from Dombarovsky in Southern Russia at 01:11 local time (19:11 UTC on Thursday). Dnepr Record Breaker: With thirty-seven satellites aboard the Dnepr, Friday’s launch saw…

  • Russian Dnepr conducts record breaking 32 satellite haul

    Russian Dnepr conducts record breaking 32 satellite haul

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    Kosmotras launched a Dnepr rocket from Dombarovsky on Thursday, carrying the United Arab Emirates’ DubaiSat-2, thirty one other satellites – including Peru’s first satellite – and one attached payload. The mission set new records for the most payloads carried into orbit by a single rocket and the smallest satellite ever launched, following lift off at…