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... , 36,091.00-kilometer apogee, and 6.98 ° inclination. This 10th Ariane launch was the first flight of an Ariane 3 version of the vehicle, whose main characteristics were a higher thrust ... the first stage of two strap-on rocket boosters. Ariane 3 could carry 2,580 kilograms into geostationary transfer orbit. ( ESA Release Aug 4/84) July 1984 July August 1984 August Aug ...

Europe’s Ariane 5ECA rocket launched a two-satellite payload, weighing 9.4 tonnes (10.4 tons), from Europe’s launch center in Kourou, French Guiana, at 22:29 (GMT), setting ... voice links throughout Europe. NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin attended the launch to observe the Ariane- 5ECA rocket, which would begin launching payloads to the ISS later in 2007. ''Spacewarn Bulletin ...

... Telecommunications and Information Agency, which addressed government frequency-allocation issues. (Av Wk, Feb 4/85, 36) Budget NASA Administrator James Beggs, during a press conference, reported that ... ( ESA ) announced. The ministers also increased the ESA budget and approved funding for Ariane 5, making clear their intent to pursue independent European space activities, but failed ...

... in the face of competition from U.S. companies. Only seconds after the launch of Ariane 5 , a huge rocket intended to launch satellites, Arianespace had to blow up the rocket ... 1996 June Jun 1 1996 1 Jun 2 1996 2 Jun 3 1996 3 Jun 4 1996 4 Jun 5 1996 5 Jun 6 1996 6 Jun 7 1996 7 Jun 8 ...

A West European Ariane 4LP rocket blasted off from French Guiana, carrying two communications satellites, Brasilsat-3 and INMARSAT - ... 1998 February Feb 1 1998 1 Feb 2 1998 2 Feb 3 1998 3 Feb 4 1998 4 Feb 5 1998 5 Feb 6 1998 6 Feb 7 1998 7 Feb 8 ...

... segments onto the telescope structure. Each of the hexagonal-shaped mirror segments measures just over 4.2 feet (1.3 meters) across -- about the size of a coffee table -- and weighs ... of our own solar system. It’s targeted to launch from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket in 2018. Webb is an international project led by NASA with its partners ...

... restrictions on the conduct of current manned space flights . . .” ''(AEC-DOD-NASA Status Report,, 2/4/63)'' Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter , speaking before aerospace medicine conference at SAM, San Antonio, said ... was under development. by Rocketdyne for use in Saturn V launch vehicle. ''(Av. Wk., 2/4/63, 26)'' AFSC announced improved U.S.-Canadian antiaircraft control sites, BUIC (Back-Up Interceptor ...

... launches; extravehicular operations; auton­omous navigation; and radiation levels within the space capsule. ''(M&R, 4/15/63, 15)'' In address at Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Secre­tary of Commerce ... system for an X­-band radar to enhance re-entry communications. ''(Newport News Times-Herald, 4/4/63)'' Ham, first chimpanzee to be successfully launched on (suborbital) flight, became a permanent resident ...

... the Nimbus R&D models. ''(NASA Release 63-220; Commerce Re­lease; Wash. Post,10/4/63, 2)'' An aircraft somewhat similar to the U-2 reconnaissance plane was seen by ... for each flight was listed as 600,000 kg. ''(1,322,760 lbs.)''. ''(Pravda, 10/4/63, AFSS-T Trans.)'' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered that TV chan­nel 37 in ... used "'black iron where there should have been stainless steel."' ''(Hines, Wash. Eve. Star, 10/4/63)'' Atlas F ICBM was launched by USAF from Vandenberg AFB , but blew up during ...

... and development costs are already expended and Atlas has certainly proven its reliability. . . ." ''(CR, 3/4/64, A1115)'' ComSatCorp applied to FCC for authority to construct and orbit over the mid ... 1967 or early 1968, unnamed sources revealed in Washington. ''(UPI, Omaha Eve. World-Herald, 3/4/64)'' FAA announced Lufthansa-German Airlines had reserved three delivery positions for U.S. supersonic ...

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