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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the world's leading provider of high-power commercial satellites, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture Nimiq 5, a new high-power, direct broadcast satellite for Telesat Canada.
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Meteor-M spacecraft
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Russia has no weather satellites in orbit.
The Meteor-M spacecraft is to fill up this substantial gap in the satellite group in 2006, says a report by the Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos).
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MicroGEM
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Small Gems in Space Micro-Satellites MicroGEM for Earth monitoring - Results of a feasibility study showing high potential for innovative remote sensing of the System Earth. A combination of small satellites can, with innovative methods, use the signals of the navigation satellite systems GPS...
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Lomonosov satellite
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Moscow University plans to launch "Lomonosov" satellite Scientists of Moscow Lomonosov State University who designed the University Tatiana 2 satellite launched from Baikonur on Thursday have new grandiose plans. They plan to make a large space vehicle "Lomonosov" by 2...
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Space Based Infrared System
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SBIRS Problems Persist: New Sats Needed Persistent hardware and software problems that have dogged the Space Based Infrared System for almost two years have not yet been solved, Air Force Space Command Gen. Robert Kehler told reporters at the Air Force Associations annual conference. [url=http...
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Bolivian satellite
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Bolivian President Evo Morales seeks ITU support to launch satellite The President of Bolivia H.E. Mr Evo Morales Ayma visited ITU on 13 September. During his meeting with ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré, the President discussed Bolivia's filing for an orbital position for its geostati...
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China Launch Sites
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A=Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre B=Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre C=Xichang Satellite Launch Centre D=Hainan Satellite Launch Centre There are three major space launch bases in China: Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Xic...
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Research and Technology Studies
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NASA Ames joins forces with students Researchers from NASA Ames at Moffett Field will be in the Arizona desert soon to test out the equipment that might join humans in future moon exploration. Read more
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Palapa D1 satellite
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A Long March Chang Zheng 3B rocket is scheduled to launch the Palapa D1 geostationary communications satellite from the Xichang launch centre, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on the 31st August, 2009. The 4100-kg satellite is to replace the Palapa-C2 satellite, at the 113º East orbital sl...
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Chang Zheng-3 Rocket Body Re-entry
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A Long March Chang Zheng-3 Rocket Body that was launched on the 3rd July, 1996, from the Xichang Space Centre, China, for the APSTAR 1A mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 12th September, 2009 @ 06:42 GMT ±48 Hours TLE Data pre>CZ-3 RB 1 23944U 96039B 09252.38473478 .108...
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Interplanetary missions
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Gravitational corridors could help spacecraft travel the solar system like ships carried on ocean currents, making longer and cheaper journeys possible, it has been claimed. Scientists in the US are trying to map the twisting "tubes" so they can be used to cut the cost of space travel. E...
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ISRO environment monitoring satellites
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ISRO plans to build two satellites for environment monitoring ISRO is planning to build two new satellites especially for environmental monitoring even as it is stepping up efforts to use its assessment on agriculture conditions and weather to effectively help people on the ground in co-ordinat...
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9O0DC57
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Ephemeris Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Elong. V Motion Distance h m "/min P.A. km 2009 08 02 0000 01 51 10.4 +24 24 11 95.1 15.3 162.2 055.1 92675 2009 08 03 0000 23 08 21.2 -08 47 39 145.9 13.9 131.2 049.1 103041 2009 08 04 0000 01 05 25.7 +16 20 51 110.0 15.2 105.8 051.2 114732 2009 08 05 0000 22 07 57.9 -20 40 5...
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ISRO Village Satellite
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Satellite being designed to connect villages: ISRO[url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/264929_Satellite-being-designed-t...
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CryoSat Launch
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After leaving the Space Test Centre in Germany on 29 August, CryoSat has safely arrived at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km north of Moscow, Russia. CryoSat is scheduled for launch on 8 October 2005 at 15h02 UTC.
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