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Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Obtains Major Order for High-Performance Cryo Pumps 0

Cryo pumps of Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum optimize space simulation

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum gained an order for the manufacturing of a batch of cryogenic vacuum pumps of the series COOLVAC 60.000 for the evacuation of space simulation chambers. These pumps with a flange diameter of 1.3 m and a pumping rate of 60,000 litres per second for nitrogen are being manufactured presently at the Dresden site of Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum. Cryo pumps are used wherever very large vacuum chambers need to be evacua

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Space Systems/Loral-Built Nimiq 6 Satellite Successfully Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers 0

PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwire) — 05/18/12 — (SS/L) (NASDAQ: LORL), the world-s leading provider of , today announced that the satellite, designed and built for , one of the world-s leading satellite operators, is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The satellite was successfully launched yesterday from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan aboard a launch vehicle provided by (ILS). The satellite deployed its solar arrays early this morning according to schedu

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RapidEye AG – Brandenburg an der Havel, 30.05.2008 0

The wait is almost over – the expectation of an imminent launch adds excitement to the RapidEye Team these days, as the constellation of five earth observation satellites sits ready in a clean room in Surrey, U.K. waiting to be shipped to the launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

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