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Final Shuttle Motor Test CompletedHuntsville AL (SPX) Feb 26, 2010 NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds - the same time each reusable solid rocket motor burns during an actual space shuttle launch. Preliminary indications show all test objectives were met. After final test data are analyzed, results for each objective will be published in a NASA report. ATK Launch Systems, a unit of Alliant Techsystems Inc ... read more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2010Boeing and its customer NASA have announced that the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K-L program successfully completed its system-level Critical Design Review (CDR) and Production Readiness Review (PRR) in El Segundo on Feb. 19. When TDRS satellites K and L join the operational TDRS constellation on orbit, they will provide voice, data and communications relay services to Earth-o ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 25, 2010Astrium has successfully completed qualification testing on the Dispenser for the second-generation satellites of the Globalstar constellation. The qualification commission headed by Arianespace has ended the Dispenser's development phase, making it possible to finalise series production for the first flight modules that were developed in parallel.. The Dispenser is the structure that hold ... more 
Kourou, French Guianad (SPX) Feb 25, 2010Both payloads for Arianespace's initial Ariane 5 flight of 2010 are now in French Guiana, following last week's arrival of COMSATBw-2 at Rochambeau International Airport near the capital city of Cayenne. COMSATBw-2 is a secure relay platform that will deliver key services for the German Bundeswehr (German armed forces), and is a follow-on spacecraft to COMSATBw-1 - which was orbited by Ari ... more |
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Payload Prep Underway For Arianespace's First Launch Of 2010Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 The first-arrived payload for Ariane 5's year-opening flight is undergoing initial checkout at Europe's Spaceport as preparations move forward for a dual-passenger mission set for March 24. After ASTRA 3B's delivery in French Guiana earlier this month, the spacecraft was moved into the Spaceport's S5 facility - where it has since undergone initial fit-check validation with the adapter that will serve as the satellite's interface with Ariane 5. The EADS Astrium-built ASTRA 3B is a state-of-th ... read more |
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