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O3b Networks Launcher and payload integration are underway at KourouKourou, French Guiana (ESA) May 23, 2013 Preparations for Arianespace's next Soyuz flight are in full swing at multiple locations across the Spaceport, including the start-up of satellite installation in the S5 payload preparation center, and initiation of launcher build-up within the ELS launch site's MIK integration building. At the Spaceport's main base area, the first of four O3b Networks satellites to be orbited on the June 24 mission is now mounted on the payload dispenser for Soyuz. During activity in one of the S5 building' ... read more |
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 Wild Weather Could Be Ahead on Titan New method for producing clean hydrogen The tropical upper atmosphere 'fingerprint' of global warming Researchers reveal model of Sun's magnetic field Adapter 'Flips' for Progress Toward 2014 Exploration Flight Test Satellites See Storm System that Created Oklahoma Tornado | .. |
 Ariane Flight VA214's launch vehicle marks a preparation milestone The third Ariane 5 for launch in 2013 has now completed basic build-up at the Spaceport, taking the next step toward Arianespace's two-passenger mission planned from French Guiana in July. Thi ... more | .. |
 ILS Proton Successfully Launches EUTELSAT 3D for Eutelsat International Launch Services (ILS) successfully placed the EUTELSAT 3D satellite into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), today, for Eutelsat Communications of Paris, France. With this missio ... more | .. |
 Russia's Proton-M Spacecraft Set to Orbit French Satellite Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket will blast off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan to put a French telecommunications satellite into orbit, a spokesman for the Russian space age ... more | .. |
 ATV Albert Einstein installed on Ariane 5 launcher Arianespace marked one of the final steps in preparations for the next Ariane 5 launch as Europe's latest Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was integrated atop the heavy-lift workhorse at the Spacepo ... more |
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ILS and EchoStar Sign Launch Contract International Launch Services (ILS) of Reston, VA and EchoStar Satellite Services of Englewood, Colorado, have announced a new launch service award for the ILS Proton launch of a future heavy-lift m ... more | .. |
 NASA Awards Contract to Modify Mobile Launcher NASA has awarded a contract to J.P. Donovan Construction Inc. of Rockledge, Fla., to modify the mobile launcher that will enable the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket to send huma ... more | .. |
 Angara Rocket Launch Delayed to 2014 The launch of Russia's new Angara carrier rocket has been delayed by at least a year, Defense Ministry officials said on Monday. The light-class Angara is to be launched in mid-2014 and its he ... more | .. |
 ESA's Vega launcher scores new success with Proba-V The second flight of ESA's newest launch vehicle has been completed from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Two Earth observation satellites, ESA's Proba-V and Vietnam's VNREDSat 1A, were ... more |
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 First of Four Sounding Rockets Launched from the Marshall Islands A NASA sounding rocket supporting a study of ionosphere and its impact on radio transmissions was launched at 3:38 a.m. EDT, May 1 from Roi-Namur, Republic of the Marshall Islands. The Terrier-Orion ... more | .. |
 European Vega rocket launch delayed due to weather The launch Saturday of Europe's lightweight rocket, Vega, from Kourou in French Guiana was put off until an unspecified date because of poor weather conditions at the space base, the European Space Agency said. ... more | .. |
 Checkout is underway with O3b Networks' four satellites to be orbited on the next Arianespace Soyuz launch The first four satellites to serve O3b Networks in providing emerging market connectivity worldwide have entered their checkout phase at the Spaceport, readying them for a June flight on Arianespace ... more | .. |
 The Well-Built Italian The name "VEGA" is an acronym for Vettore Europeo di Generazione Avanzata, which translates to "Advanced Generation European Carrier Rocket." VEGA is a new, expendable space launch vehicle now in us ... more |
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 O3b Networks' first four satellites arrive for the next Arianespace Soyuz launch The initial four O3b spacecraft to be launched by Arianespace on Soyuz have arrived in French Guiana, taking the global satellite operator one step closer to its goal of deploying a next-generation ... more | .. |
 On the record with... Stephane Israel, Arianespace Chairman and CEO Stephane Israel, who became Arianespace's new Chairman and CEO this month, brings experience in aerospace business and government space policy to his top executive role at the world's leading launch ... more | .. |
Vega's three-satellite payload is integrated and ready for launch The payload "stack" for Vega's second mission from French Guiana has been completed and is ready for installation on the lightweight launch vehicle at the Spaceport. This milestone completes t ... more | .. |
 NASA Seeks Innovative Suborbital Flight Technology Proposals For a second year, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals for suborbital technology payloads and spacecraft capability enhancements that could help revolutionize future spa ... more |
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 Innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays More emphasis needed on recycling and reuse of Li-ion batteries Israel eyes Syrian missile threat to gas fields Sempra U.S. Gas and Power, Consolidated Edison Development announce solar partnership Areva, world's 2nd uranium company heavily present in Niger Magnetic fingerprints of superfluid helium-3 | .. |
 Stephane Israel named Chairman and CEO of Arianespace The Board of Directors of Arianespace has named Stephane Israel Chairman and CEO of the company, effective Monday, April 22, 2013. Stephane Israel, born in 1971, was appointed as a judge in th ... more | .. |
 Launch pad problem scrubs launch of Antares rocket for NASA NASA says a premature separation of a launch pad umbilical connection aborted the launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket late Wednesday. ... more | .. |
ILS Proton Launches Anik G1 for Telesat International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, successfully delivered Telesat's Anik G1 satellite int ... more | .. |
 Ukraine aims to accelerate space industry development President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday highlighted progress in Ukraine's aerospace industry in recent years and said his country would continue to develop its space projects. "Our state has mad ... more |
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 Payload integration is underway for Vega's second mission from the Spaceport The multi-satellite payload "stack" for Vega's upcoming flight from French Guiana is now taking shape as the Arianespace-managed integration process advances at the Spaceport. This activity be ... more | .. |
 Ecuador to launch first homemade satellite Ecuador will launch its first satellite into space from China in two weeks, President Rafael Correa announced Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Arianespace receives the second Vega for launch from French Guiana The next Vega to be launched from French Guiana has been delivered to Arianespace, bringing the mission campaign into its final phase for a May 2 liftoff at the Spaceport. The Vega's handover ... more | .. |
Vega is readied for its May 3 liftoff with a three satellite international payload The second Vega mission from French Guiana has entered its final preparation phase as the lightweight launcher is readied for a nighttime liftoff on May 3 with a trio of satellites as its payload. ... more |
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