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Military Aviation News, Space News March 18, 2013

U.S. Air Force Poised to Launch Nation’s Next Infrared Surveillance Satellite

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are ready to launch the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft on Tuesday,…

Space News March 3, 2013

SPACEX ACHIEVES FIFTH CONSECUTIVE FALCON 9 LAUNCH DURING SECOND OFFICIAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION

Dragon spacecraft heads toward International Space Station Hawthorne, Calif. – Today, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to…

Space News February 12, 2013

NASA Set for New Round Of J-2X Testing at Stennis Space Center

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s progress toward a return to deep space missions continues with a new round of upcoming tests on the next-generation…

Space News January 29, 2013

SPACECOM AND SPACEX ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT FOR AMOS-6 SATELLITE LAUNCH

SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) announced an agreement to launch Spacecom’s AMOS-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Falcon…

Civilian aviation news November 14, 2012

COMAC and Bombardier Announce Successful Completion of Phase I of Definitive Agreement and Official Launch of Phase II

Further to the definitive agreement signed on March 21, 2012, covering program commonalities between the C919 and CSeries aircraft, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd…

General Aviation News October 26, 2012

Launch of Edition 2 of the European ATM Master Plan at EUROCONTROL

A new and totally updated electronic version of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan was launched yesterday at EUROCONTROL. For the first time, all…

Civilian aviation news October 19, 2012

Norway’s FLYNONSTOP Selects the E190 to Launch Operations

FLYNONSTOP, the new Norwegian airline based in Kristiansand, has acquired an EMBRAER 190 to support the airline’s launch in April 2013. The aircraft will be…

Space News October 8, 2012

SPACEX LAUNCHES FIRST OFFICIAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO SPACE STATION

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on the first official cargo resupply mission to the International…

Space News October 3, 2012

3rd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Ready for Oct. 4 Launch

The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force is ready to make the GPS system…

Space News September 17, 2012

Europe’s second polar-orbiting weather satellite is aloft

The second Metop satellite was launched today from the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, atop a Russian Soyuz launcher. Metop-B will ensure the continuity of the…

Space News September 6, 2012

Metop-B weather satellite is ready for launch

06 September 2012 The European weather satellite built by Astrium has passed its final checks at the Baikonur cosmodrome Metop-B demonstrates Astrium’s expertise for instruments…

Space News August 21, 2012

Fourth Galileo satellite reaches French Guiana launch site

The next two Galileo satellites are now in place at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, being prepared for their shared launch this autumn. The fourth…

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