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March 27, 2014

Arianespace's seventh Soyuz mission from French Guiana is readied for liftoff next week
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Mar 28, 2014
The campaign for Arianespace's medium-lift Soyuz launch with the Sentinel-1A Earth observation satellite is moving into its final preparations for an April 3 liftoff from French Guiana. Following its fueling in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation center, Sentinel-1A is now ready for integration on Soyuz' Fregat upper stage - which has undergone checkout and fueling in the S3B facility. Across the Spaceport in its northwestern sector, the basic three-stage Soyuz vehicle has been built up i ... read more

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MIT engineers design 'living materials'

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Recovering valuable substances from wastewater

Mutualink Obtains Key NATO Certification

NGG Starts Integration Of High-Speed Downlink Antennas EHF Comms Payload

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Arianespace's seventh Soyuz mission from French Guiana is readied for liftoff next week

NASA Seeks Suborbital Flight Proposals

Arianespace Launches ASTRA 5B and Amazonas 4A

LockMart Taps General Dynamics For Network Element On GPS 3 Birds

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Northrop in collaborative research deal with Australian military

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Chinese giant Citic list in Hong Kong through local unit

China, France set to sign major business deals on Xi visit

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