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Nothing Could Be Finer Than A Launch In… Kazakhstan

August 3, 2007 / Launch Schedule & Calendars

On September 6th at 04:43 Baikonur time (or 07:43 Tokyo time, or on September 5th at 22:43 hours GMT or 18:43 EDT), JCSAT-11 will be hoisted into space by a four-burn ILS Proton M/Breeze M rocket. From Launch Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, this Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems built satellite will provide JSAT Corporation with multipurpose communications capabilities as a critically-needed backup vehicle for the JSAT fleet, providing coverage over Japan, the Asia-Pacific region, Oceania and Hawaii.

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Inclement Weather Upsets ISRO Launch Timetable

July 30, 2007 / Launch Schedule & Calendars

Adverse weather conditions are the cause of a one-day delay for the launch of INSAT-4CR by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The homegrown Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) will now lift off on September 2nd, as severe thunderstorms over the last few days during the nighttime hours delayed pre-launch work by about 14 hours.

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Peacekeeper Repurposement Leads To E’Prime Time

July 28, 2007 / Launch Providers

When you discuss launch with E’Prime Aerospace, the discussion will turn to their “cold launch” and “canister” technologies. Light to medium lift single core vehicles will launch from a launch tube that propels the rocket approximately 200 feet into the air before the first stage is ignited.

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