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HICO-RAIDS experiments ready for payload integration

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created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) and the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS), both developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), are ready for payload integration following ...





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Hylas payload shipped to India

Hylas payload shipped to India

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion. The communications payload has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, ...


NASA changes Boeing space station contract

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created Oct 06, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Officials at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston announced a modification Wednesday to a contract with The Boeing Co.


Ariane 5 - second launch of 2008

Ariane 5 - second launch of 2008

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created Apr 21, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits.


Atlantis Launch Countdown Begins Today

Atlantis Launch Countdown Begins Today

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At today's launch countdown status briefing held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, managers reported space shuttle Atlantis, its payload and crew are ready for launch at 2:28 p.m. ...


Foton-M3 on schedule for launch

Foton-M3 on schedule for launch

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created Sep 13, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An unmanned Foton capsule, carrying a payload of over 40 European experiments, is on schedule for launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at 13:00 CEST (11:00 UT) tomorrow. The Soyuz-U launcher, which ...


Galileo satellite platform tests under way

Galileo satellite platform tests under way

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The engineering model of the first Galileo satellites has completed platform integration tests at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome. The platform is now undergoing functional testing. ...


NASA awards Juno Jupiter mission contract

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created Oct 04, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has picked Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for the Juno mission to Jupiter.


Another dual launch for Ariane 5

Ariane 5 rocket places two satellites into orbit (w/ Video)

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer ...


Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year

Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar ...


Moon-Bound NASA Spacecraft Passes Major Preflight Tests

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created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search for water on the moon.



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