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Japanese H-2A launches with new IGS military satellite
Read more →: Japanese H-2A launches with new IGS military satelliteJapan has launched a new Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) known as Optical-4, via their H-2A (H-IIA) launch vehicle.…
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Preparation Underway for Launch of Tiangong-1
Read more →: Preparation Underway for Launch of Tiangong-1BEIJING, Sep. 20 (China Space News) — The Long-March 2-F launch vehicle that will propel an unmanned space…
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Ariane 5 ECA launches with Arabsat-5C and SES-2
Read more →: Ariane 5 ECA launches with Arabsat-5C and SES-2Arianespace have returned to action on Wednesday, as their Ariane 5 ECA launched two more telecommunication satellites into…
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PRCB managers recommend Atlantis and Endeavour become SLS donors
Read more →: PRCB managers recommend Atlantis and Endeavour become SLS donorsNASA managers have further refined their plans to transfer Orbiter and Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Main Propulsion System…
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Mission Control looks to update floor plan in post-Shuttle era
Read more →: Mission Control looks to update floor plan in post-Shuttle eraWith the Space Shuttle Program now an element of NASA’s past, the U.S. agency is pressing forward with…
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China return to flight with Long March 3B/E launch of ChinaSat-1A
Read more →: China return to flight with Long March 3B/E launch of ChinaSat-1AChina returned to flight with the launch of a military communications satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center,…
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NASA managers discuss fragmentation risks as UARS heads back to Earth
Read more →: NASA managers discuss fragmentation risks as UARS heads back to EarthAs NASA’s defunct Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) continues to head towards its death – which will result…
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Satellite Launched for Pakistan Enters Test Orbit
Read more →: Satellite Launched for Pakistan Enters Test OrbitBEIJING, Sep. 16 (China Space News) — After orbital transfer, drifting and position acquisition, the communications satellite PAKSAT-1R…
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Soyuz TMA-21 returns to Earth – NASA confirms new ISS flight manifest
Read more →: Soyuz TMA-21 returns to Earth – NASA confirms new ISS flight manifestRussia’s Soyuz TMA-21/26S spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) today (Friday 16th September) prior to landing in…
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Lucky Film to Become a Subsidiary of CASC
Read more →: Lucky Film to Become a Subsidiary of CASCBEIJING, Sep. 15 (China Space News) — China Lucky Film Corp. will be incorporated into China Aerospace Science…
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SLS finally announced by NASA – Forward path taking shape
Read more →: SLS finally announced by NASA – Forward path taking shapeAfter several years of trade studies and political arguments, NASA administrator Charlie Bolden finally gave the Space Launch…
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58 Space-breeding Bases Set up in China
Read more →: 58 Space-breeding Bases Set up in ChinaBEIJING, Sep. 13 (China Space News) — China has succeeded in cultivating over 70 new crop strains of…