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1. ASTRA 3B And COMSATBw-2 Ready For Lift-Off

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 - Astrium has delivered the 50th flight-ready Ariane 5 launch vehicle to Arianespace together with two communications satellites - ASTRA 3B for SES Astra and ... Thursday, 18 March 2010

2. Capacity, Flexibility, Reliability All Key Factors In Winning OHO-1 Launch

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   Paris, France (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 - Arianespace's selection by new satellite services operator OverHorizon to orbit its first relay platform was based on criteria that included launch capacity, flexibility ... Thursday, 18 March 2010

3. Secret Mini Space Shuttle Could Launch April 19

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   ... in Florida, and the word is that it will be launched on board an Atlas V rocket on Monday April 19, 2010 at around 10 pm EDT. Other than that, the Air Force isn't saying much about this mini-space ... Thursday, 18 March 2010

4. Launch Of Nimiq 6 In 2012

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   Reston VA (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 - International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat have announced a contract for the ILS Proton launch of Telesat's Nimiq 6 satellite scheduled for mid-2012. ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010

5. Launch Of Nimiq 6 In 2012

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   Reston VA (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 - International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat have announced a contract for the ILS Proton launch of Telesat's Nimiq 6 satellite scheduled for mid-2012. ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010

6. Ariane Chair Says Existing Launch Services Meet Industry Needs

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... an overcapacity situation and potentially creating launch services quality issues. ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010

7. Ariane Chair Says Existing Launch Services Meet Industry Needs

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   ... an overcapacity situation and potentially creating launch services quality issues. ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010

8. Arabsat-5A And COMS Begin Prep For Second Ariane 5 mission Of 2010

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   ... For The Industry's Workhorse Launch Vehicle. ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

9. Third ATV Named After Edoardo Amaldi

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   ... for launch later this year. Now the third ATV has been named after the Italian physicist and space pioneer Edoardo Amaldi. ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

10. Green Satellite Fuel Designed To Make Space Safer

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    Paris, France (ESA) Mar 17, 2010 - On the day running up to launch when a spacecraft is fuelled, ground personnel look more like astronauts than engineers, putting on spacesuit-like protective gear. ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

11. Beautiful Cosmic Barbeque Pit

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... Explorer, or WISE has been a busy spacecraft since its launch on Dec. 14, 2009. It has found asteroids and comets, and now has found a cosmic barbeque pit. Well, not really, but the green material in ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

12. Aerojet And Orbital Complete Taurus II Tests

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... successfully completed in support of the development of Orbital's Taurus II space launch vehicle. ... Monday, 15 March 2010

13. ILS Proton To Launch Intelsat 21 And 23

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    Reston VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 - International Launch Services (ILS) announced two firm missions with the ILS Proton launches of the Intelsat 21 satellite and the Intelsat 23 satellite for Intelsat S.A., ... Monday, 15 March 2010

14. Parallel Preparations Continue For Ariane 5 Flights

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    Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 - Launch Activity Is In Full Swing At French Guiana As Preparations Move Forward In Parallel For Ariane 5's First Two Missions In 2010 - Underscoring Arianespace's ... Monday, 15 March 2010

15. China To Conduct Maiden Space Docking In 2011

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    Beijing (XNA) Mar 15, 2010 - China will launch an unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, in the first half of 2011, and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft in the second half of the year, to carry out the nation's ... Sunday, 14 March 2010

16. China Plans To Launch Third Unmanned Moon Probe Around 2013

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    Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 11, 2010 - China plans to launch its third unmanned probe to the moon, Chang'e-3, around 2013 and expects to complete the three-phase moon mission in 2017, an official said here ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

17. Arabsat 5A Satellite Shipped To Launch Site

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... transport it to French Guyana in view of an April launch into geostationary orbit. ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

18. SpaceX Static Fire Update

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    Hawthorne CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2010 - SpaceX has performed our first Static Fire for the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. We counted down to an T-2 seconds and aborted on Spin Start. Given that this was our first ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

19. China chooses first women astronauts

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    Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2010 - China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

20. NASA Launches Interactive Simulation Of Satellite Communications

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    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - NASA has unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010