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Latest News: 10 Mar 2010


 LAUNCHES Up 

Falcon 9 test firing aborted, next try expected in a few days
10 Mar 2010 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 9 March. >>>

Next phase of EchoStar-14 launch campaign begins
10 Mar 2010 - All stand alone testing of the EchoStar-14 and the Briz M upper stage has been successfully completed. >>>

China's new launch site to open later than expected
10 Mar 2010 - China's fourth space centre, Wenchang on the northeast coast of the tropical island province of Hainan, will be put into service between 2014 and 2015 - up to two years later that previously planned. >>>


 SATELLITES Up 

Two from Toulouse
10 Mar 2010 - Two satellites have left the Astrium facilities in Toulouse and are on their way to French Guyana. Launch of Arabsat 5A and COMS-1 aboard an Ariane 5 ECA from there is scheduled for the end of April. >>>


 NAMES Up 

Satlynx to become GE - Satcom
10 Mar 2010 - Satlynx is soon to become GE - Satcom. Along with the name change, the company will have a dynamic new corporate identity and website to match, Satlynx said. >>>

 

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