Update to the Update … NASA to Replace the Antenna on TDRS-m Satellite and Launch Date Set
This new date allows for time to replace the antenna, which was damaged earlier this month while...
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Israel – Venµs to Climb to Orbit on August 2
Israel's Science and Technology Minister, Ofir Akunis, called the upcoming launch an “important national event.”
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NASA Doesn’t Let a Damaged TDRS-M Antenna Get Them Down … Plans for Launch
According to the article, teams continue to review new launch opportunities for NASA's latest communications satellite after the spacecraft...
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Arianespace – Two EO Focused Satellites Have Vega Intentions
During activity on the Spaceport’s SLV launch site, the two passengers — which are integrated in their payload fairing — were installed on Vega...
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Russia – 3D Printed Smallsat To Launch from ISS in August
The satellite's systems are being checked and the spacecraft's batteries charged from the onboard equipment at ISS.
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NASA’s TDRS-M Satellite Saga with Damaged Antenna … Launch Remains In Flux — Maybe August
The initial launch date had to be scrubbed due to some problems that were encountered with the Omni S-band antenna on the spacecraft
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Airbus – Precursor Preparations Before Launch of the Sentinel-5 Precursor Satellite
Sentinel-5 Precursor is part of the global monitoring program “Copernicus,” a joint European Commission–ESA undertaking that aims to acquire...
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NASA and Boeing Feel the Pain … Admit Damaged Antenna on the TDRS-M Satellite
... officials aren't committing one way or the other as to whether the damaged antenna will delay the launch.
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Taiwan – FORMOSAT-5 Ships to Vandenberg AFB for SpaceX Launch
This is the first remote sensing satellite designed, manufactured, and controlled by the NSPO and domestic teams and the satellite succeeds...
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Quantum Satellite Able to Do What All Never Thought Possible — Teleportation
In both cases, this was the first time these functions were performed in space and, therefore, represent a step toward quantum communications...
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