Fate of Japanese Space Observatory unclear after serious On-Board Anomaly
Japan’s Hitomi space observatory, launched back in February, suffered a serious in-flight anomaly on Saturday.
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Soyuz proceeds with Express Rendezvous after achieving Precise Orbit
The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft and its three crew members successfully entered the fast lane to the International Space Station for an overnight rendezvous, being lifted into a very precise orbit by the Soyuz FG launch vehicle after its middle-of-the-night blastoff from Kazakhstan.
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Eutelsat Communications Satellite in good Orbit after Solo Ride on Ariane 5
The Eutelsat 65 West A Communications Satellite received a smooth ride by its Ariane 5 launch vehicle, arriving in a relatively accurate orbit to begin a ten-day climb into Geostationary Orbit.
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Orbcomm G2 Satellites finish In-Orbit Checkouts, adjust Orbital Positions
The Sierra Nevada Corporation announced on Monday that all 11 Orbcomm Generation 2 satellites launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket in December have passed in-orbit checkouts and were handed over to Orbcomm for regular operation as part of the company’s Machine-to-Machine architecture.
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Space Station Orbit raised for next Crew Launch & Express Cargo Mission
The International Space Station conducted a reboost maneuver on Saturday to set up the orbital geometry required for the fast rendezvous of the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft carrying the next crew to the orbital outpost, followed by an express cargo flight by Progress MS-02 at the end of the month.
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Falcon 9 exceeds Expectations in high-energy Delivery of SES-9
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting the SES-9 communications satellite to Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit on Friday exceeded expectations and delivered the heavy satellite to a higher orbit than anticipated which will be beneficial to the satellite when moving up to Geostationary Orbit.
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One-Year ISS Crew Bound for Home: Soyuz sets sail on Return to Earth
The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft with three crew members onboard set sail on its return journey Tuesday night, undocking from the International Space Station to close out a record-setting mission.
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Space Station completes Reboost to set up for Heavy Visiting Vehicle Traffic
The International Space Station completed a scheduled reboost on Wednesday to adjust its orbit in an effort to set up phasing for three visiting vehicle operations coming up in March.
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Sentinel-3A enters Target Orbit, Rockot Booster observed from Finland & Greenland
Europe’s latest addition to the Copernicus Earth Observation Satellite Constellation is taking its first steps in orbit after receiving a smooth ride on Tuesday atop a Russian booster.
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Status of North Korean Satellite unknown after prolonged Radio Silence, Reports of Tumbling
North Korea successfully launched a satellite into orbit on Sunday, achieving the country’s second successful orbital launch following up on Pyongyang’s first satellite launched in December 2012.
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Glonass Navigation Constellation Replenishment Mission reaches target Orbit
Russia became the third country to send a navigation satellite into orbit this week when a Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 0:21 UTC on Sunday on a critical mission to replenish Russia’s Glonass Satellite Navigation Constellation.
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Final GPS IIF Satellite enters target Orbit, Centaur Fuel Dump Observed from Australia
The GPS IIF12 satellite was delivered to an accurate orbit by its Atlas V launch vehicle on Friday, providing the spacecraft with a smooth ride in a mission lasting nearly three and a half hours.
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Intelsat 29e healthy in Orbit, ready to begin Apogee-Maneuvers
The Intelsat 29e satellite launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket on Wednesday received a smooth ride into Geostationary Transfer Orbit and finished its initial checkouts, now ready to begin the climb to Geostationary Orbit for a 15-year mission delivering high-capacity communications services to the Americas and the Trans-Atlantic flight route.
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Space Station completes Reboost Maneuver for upcoming Visiting Vehicle Traffic
The International Space Station successfully completed a reboost of its orbit Wednesday night, increasing its orbital altitude by a little over one Kilometer.
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Jason-3 Ocean-Monitoring Satellite healthy after smooth ride atop Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX can celebrate another successful mission, launching their Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday for its second west-coast mission – successfully placing into orbit the Jason-3 oceanography satellite in a U.S.-European collaboration.
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Gaofen-4 Earth-Watching Satellite put into on-target Orbit by Long March Rocket
The Gaofen-4 satellite enjoyed an on-target orbital insertion on Monday in the final space launch of 2015, orbital data released later in the day shows.
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Orbital Data for Proton-M/Briz-M Launch of Ekspress AMU-1
Thursday night’s Proton-M/Briz-M launch delivered the Ekspress AMU-1 satellite to its intended orbit, orbital data issued by the Joint Space Operations Center indicates.
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