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NASA has finalised crew assignments for two space shuttle missions targeted for launch in 2007 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
Frederick Sturckow, a Marine colonel, will command STS-117. The mission will deliver the second and third starboard truss segments (S3/S...
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DemoFlight 2 Launch
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SpaceX Press release: DemoFlight 2 Launch Update During our final check-outs prior to static fire, we uncovered an anomaly with the thrust vector control (TVC) pitch actuator on the second stage that will result in launch being pushed to February. Since this is not used during the static fire, we ha...
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Cosmos-2427 Launch
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The Kosmos-2427 (Tselina-2 N23?) military optical reconnaissance (Kobalt-M type) satellite was successfully launched atop a Soyuz-U launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 22:00 Moscow time, 7th June 2007. Cosmos-2420 was successfully deployed into an orbit with inclination of 67.15 d...
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Reliant robin Launch
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Top Gears reliant robin rocket launch. (Old news) 10th March 2007.
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Woomera
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The Australian Defence Department says it will negotiate with the two American rocket design companies about plans to launch rockets from Woomera in South Australia.
NASA has selected Rocketplane Kistler and SpaceX to develop the commercial capability to carry cargo to the International S...
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SinoSat-3 satellite
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The SinoSat-3 (Xinnuo-3) communications satellite atop a CZ-3A Chang Zheng-3A (CZ3A-14) Long March launch vehicle was successfully launched from the LC2 launch site at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre at 00:08 Beijing time Friday, 16:08 UT Thursday. The SinoSat-3 communications satelli...
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Andoya range launch
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Norwegian company Nammo Raufoss has launched a 10m-long hybrid test rocket from the Andoya range in Norway. The launch is the outcome of a research programme undertaken in conjunction with Lockheed Ma...
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SmartNav robot
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When India sends its proposed moon mission in 2011, it will have a unique robot developed indigenously by student-engineers and their professors at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kanpur. The 'SmartNav' robot being developed for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will h...
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Yaogan-2 Launch
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China has successfully launched the Yaogan-2 remote sensing satellite atop a Long March CZ-2D Chang Zheng-2D (CZ2D-8) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre at 08:12 UT, 25th May 2007. The rocket placed the spacecraft identified as Remote Sensing Satellite No. 2 or Yaogan 2, into a...
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Weather Balloons
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NASA is developing small, cheap "smart balloons" to monitor weather conditions around rocket pads on launch days. The announcement comes only a few months after a space shuttle fuel tank was severely damaged during a sudden and unexpected hailstorm before a launch. NASA's Kennedy Spa...
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XM4 satellite
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A Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket will launch the XM 4 broadcasting satellite from the Odyssey platform, positioned in the Pacific Ocean (154° West, 0° North), in October.
The XM4 Satellite, manufactured by Boeing, will fly in geostationary orbit to provide radio services to the U.S.
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The Legacy Flight
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Space Services Inc. has announced that they are accepting reservations for the next Celestis Memorial Spaceflight – the Legacy Flight, scheduled for liftoff October 21, 2006 from Spaceport America, New Mexico. In this new service, the Celestis payload returns to Earth after a successful flight...
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MSV satellites
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Mobile Satellite Ventures LP and joint venture partner Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) announced today that MSV has contracted with Sea Launch Company, LLC, for the launch in 2010 of one of two high-powered, next-generation satellites, designed to provide seamless, transparent and ubiqui...
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PRIME mission
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Canada Studies Mission to Phobos Optech Incorporated, the global market leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced, laser-based survey systems, announced today that is has been selected by the Canadian Space Agency to lead the study of a Canadian-led mission to [url=http:/...
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Track ESA Spacecraft
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The European Space Agency is providing a new Internet tracking site, allowing people to graphically view the location of various spacecraft. The "Track ESA Spacecraft" webpage shows the ground tracks for the International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope and various ESA satel...
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