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ArianeGroup to supply from Boeing satellite with new generation of electric propulsion
Sep 14, 2017 (SPX)
Germany via DLR's Space Administration and Spain via CDTI (Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology) are supporting the development through t...
SES selects Arianespace and Soyuz for its fifth MEO launch
Sep 13, 2017 (SPX)
The twelve satellites of the existing O3b fleet were orbited by Arianespace in 2013 and 2014; the next four satellites (13th to 16th) will be launched by Ariane...
SES selects Arianespace for launch of SES-17
Sep 13, 2017 (SPX)
SES-17 is a powerful satellite delivering high-speed inflight connectivity and high-powered data services over the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean. SES-17 is th...
EUMETSAT signs with Arianespace for first Metop-SG satellite launch
Sep 13, 2017 (SPX)
The launches are scheduled in the 2021-2023 timeframe for METOP-SG A1 and METOP-SG B1 - with these missions using the same Soyuz STB launcher configuration as f...
Arianespace announces a new contract, bringing its order book to 53 launches across three rockets
Sep 13, 2017 (SPX)
The Arianespace order book will ensure sustained business with 53 launches during the coming years, reflecting customers' confidence in the reliability, availab...
MHI to launch first Inmarsat-6 satellite
Sep 13, 2017 (SPX)
Inmarsat's sixth generation (I-6) fleet will be the first to feature dual-payload satellites, each supporting L-band and Ka-band services. The I-6 satellites wi...
SLS Core Stage Simulator Will Pave Way for Mission Success
Sep 13, 2017 (SPX)
Like SLS, the core stage pathfinder will be doing something that's never been done - testing new shipping and handling equipment and procedures from the manufac...
Proton-M Rocket Launches Spanish Satellite Amazonas-5 Into Orbit
Sep 13, 2017 (Sputnik)
"The Proton-M, which was launched on September 11, at 22:23 Moscow time [19:32 GMT] from Baikonur, on September 12 launched the Amazonas-5 telecommunications sa...
Rocket fever launches UB students to engineering competition in New Mexico
Sep 11, 2017 (SPX)
It was so hot, recalls Pete Wilkins, a rising senior majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering, that even under a tent, his camp chair melted from the 11...
ISRO suspects pyro elements failed to separate rocket's heat shield
Sep 07, 2017 (IANS)
As a result of the heat shield not separating the 1,425 kg navigation satellite IRNSS-1H got stuck inside it resulting in the failure of the around Rs 250 crore...
45th Space Wing carries out successful launch while Irma looms off coast
Sep 07, 2017 (SPX)
This time as Hurricane Irma barred down on the Florida coast Sept. 7, the 45th Space Wing had a launch to perform. SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle was due for ...
Ariane 5 rocket aborts Guiana lift-off in final seconds
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
"In the last seconds of Ariane Flight VA239 launch countdown as the Vulcain cryogenic main stage engine was being ignited, the checkout process detected an anom...
Pentagon Will Have to Rely on Russian Rocket Engines Until Mid-2020s
Sep 05, 2017 (Sputnik)
The US Wall Street Journal newspaper reported that the US Air Force and Pentagon leadership initially said that the replacement of the Russian engines with the ...
Kacific selects SpaceX to provide launch service
Sep 05, 2017 (SPX)
Kacific-1 will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9, a two-stage orbit-class rocket designed from the ground-up for maximum reliability and reusability. "SpaceX has...
SpaceX tests first stage of 'world's most powerful rocket'
Sep 04, 2017 (UPI)
"Falcon Heavy's 3 first stage cores have all completed testing at our rocket development facility in McGregor, TX," the aerospace company announced on Twitter. ...
NASA Concludes Summer of Testing with Fifth Flight Controller Hot Fire
Sep 04, 2017 (SPX)
The space agency capped off summer testing with a 500-second hot fire of a fifth RS-25 engine flight controller unit on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Cent...
Aerospace test at Sandia goes green with alternative to explosives
Sep 01, 2017 (SPX)
The new method - called the Alternative Pyroshock Test - used a nitrogen-powered gas gun to shoot a 100-pound steel projectile into a steel resonant beam, which...
India's Space Agency Begins Countdown for Launch of Backup Navigation Satellite
Aug 31, 2017 (Sputnik)
The 29-hour countdown for tomorrow's launch of navigation satellite 'IRNSS-1H' to augment the existing seven satellites of the NavIC constellation began today. ...
Indian Space Agency, Israeli counterpart to formalize strategic collaborations
Aug 28, 2017 (Sputnik)
ISRO chief A.S. Kiran Kumar has said that the organization hopes to soon formalize key collaborations in space technologies with Israel Space Agency (ISA), taki...
SpaceX launches Taiwan's first home-built satellite
Aug 25, 2017 (AFP)
The satellite, called FORMOSAT-5, weighs nearly 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) and blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 11:51 am (1851 GMT). "Falcon 9 has lifted...
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