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Summary: 02 Mar 2010 - 08 Mar 2010
 Assembly of second Ariane 5 ECA to fly in 2010 started
08 Mar 2010 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's second dual-payload flight of 2010 has begun its assembly. >>>
Test firing of GSLV Mk III liquid core stage aborted
08 Mar 2010 - The Indian Space Research Organisation conducted the static test of its liquid core stage (L110) of GSLV Mk III launch vehicle, for 150 seconds at its Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) test facility at Mahendragiri on 5 March 2010. >>>
Latest U.S. meteorological satellite in orbit
05 Mar 2010 - Rocket: Delta IV Medium+ (4,2); Payload: GOES-P; Date: 4 March 2010, 2357 UTC; Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Following a nominal four hour, 21-minute flight, the Delta IV deployed the spacecraft. >>>
China launches new reconnaissance satellite
05 Mar 2010 - Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Yaogan IX (YG 9); Date: 5 March 2010, 0455 UTC; Launch Site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. According to Chinese state-run media, the launch was successful. >>>
China to launch Yaogan IX remote-sensing satellite
04 Mar 2010 - China will launch the Yaogan IX remote-sensing satellite in the coming days from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, an official at the centre was quoted as saying. >>>
EchoStar 14 preparing for mating with upper stage
04 Mar 2010 - Preparations continue on schedule at Baikonur for the launch of the Proton Briz M carrier rocket with a U.S. telecommunications satellite, the Space Systems/Loral-built EchoStar-14. >>>
India tests scramjet engine combustor module
04 Mar 2010 - The Indian Space Research Organisation said it successfully conducted the flight testing of its new generation high performance sounding rocket on 3 March 2010 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR. >>>
Launch date set for Japanese Venus probe
03 Mar 2010 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have scheduled the launch of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 (H-IIA F17) for 17 May (UTC). >>>
Proton to keep on flying from Baikonur for the time being
03 Mar 2010 - Kazakhstan hopes that Russia will finally phase out its workhorse Proton rocket, but unless there is a replacement does not object further Proton launches from Baikonur. >>>
Russia launches new set of navigation satellites
02 Mar 2010 - Rocket: Proton M/Block DM; Payload: three GLONASS-M satellites; Date: 1 March 2010, 2119 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. >>>
OHO-1 satellite to be launched by Arianespace
02 Mar 2010 - OverHorizon has chosen Arianespace to launch its first communications satellite, OHO-1. It is the fourth launch contract signed by Arianespace in 2010. >>>
Arianespace orders new Soyuz rockets
02 Mar 2010 - Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall said his company ordered 14 more Soyuz launch vehicles from Russia. >>>
GOES-P healthy after launch
08 Mar 2010 - Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the third Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) built by Boeing for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). >>>
Roskosmos blames UK company for Kanopus delay
08 Mar 2010 - A Roskosmos official has blamed Surrey Satellite Technology Limited for a delay in the construction of the Kanopus-V N1 Earth observation spacecraft. >>>
Boeing transfers U.S. portions of ISS to NASA
08 Mar 2010 - Boeing last Friday officially turned over the U.S. on-orbit segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to NASA with the signing of government form DD-250 at the conclusion of an Acceptance Review Board meeting in Houston. >>>
CGWIC signs LaoSat-1 communications satellite contract
05 Mar 2010 - China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), China Asia-Pacific Mobile Communications Satellite Company Limited (APMT) and Laos National Authority for Science and Technology (NAST) under Prime Minister's Office PDR, recently signed the Contract for Lao Satellite Broadcasting and Telecommunication System Construction (LAOSAT-1). >>>
COM DEV begins work on two commercial satellites
05 Mar 2010 - COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded an authorisation to proceed (ATP) to provide switches, multiplexers and filters for two commercial communications satellites. >>>
Mars Express makes successful Phobos flyby
04 Mar 2010 - Mars Express flew by Phobos last night at an altitude of just 67 km, the closest any manmade object has ever approached the Mars moon. >>>
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter achieves data Milestone
04 Mar 2010 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), completing its fourth year at the Red Planet next week, has just passed a data-volume milestone unimaginable a generation ago and still difficult to fathom: 100 terabits. >>>
WGS-3 completes in-orbit tests
03 Mar 2010 - Boeing announced that the U.S. Air Force accepted control of the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military communications satellite on 1 March, after the spacecraft passed several weeks of on-orbit tests. >>>
U.S. Air Force eyes mini-thrusters for use in satellite propulsion
03 Mar 2010 - Mini- thrusters or miniature, electric propulsion systems are being developed, which could make it easier for the U.S. Air Force's small satellites, including the latest CubeSats, to perform space manoeuvres and undertake tasks like searching for planets beyond our solar system. >>>
Orbital selects GS Yuasa battries for Cygnus vessel
03 Mar 2010 - GS Yuasa Lithium Power (GYLP) announced it has been awarded a contract to supply batteries for Orbital Sciences Corporation's (Orbital) Cygnus manoeuvring space vehicle. Cygnus will be used to provide cargo delivery services to the International Space Station. >>>
First JWST primary mirror segment meets full flight specs
02 Mar 2010 - The James Webb Space Telescope reached a mission-readiness landmark when its first primary mirror segment was cryo-polished to its required prescription as measured at operational cryogenic temperatures. >>>
COM DEV wins commercial contract
02 Mar 2010 - COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$6 million to provide switches, filters and multiplexers for a commercial communications satellite. >>>
Telesat welcomes abolition of satellite operator owner restrictions
05 Mar 2010 - Telesat expressed support for the Canadian government's Throne Speech and Budget commitment to remove foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian satellite operators. >>>
Orbital to acquire GD Advanced Information Systems
05 Mar 2010 - Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics Corporation's subsidiary, GD Advanced Information Systems. >>>
SES Astra takes full ownership of Sirius
05 Mar 2010 - SES Astra has taken full ownership of SES Sirius AB by acquiring the remaining 10 percent of the shares from the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). >>>
Angolan pay-TV platform on Eutelsat W7
03 Mar 2010 - Eutelsat Communications has signed a major contract with UPSTAR Comunicacoes for satellite capacity for the broadcasting of ZAP pay-TV platform, expected to launch shortly in Angola. >>>
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