3 January 2012
Nasa’s second GRAIL spacecraft enters into lunar orbit
Nasa has placed the second of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft, GRAIL-B, into orbit to study the moon’s inner core.
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22 December 2011
Eurocopter to supply EC225 LP helicopters to China’s COHC
Eurocopter has been awarded a contract by China’s CITIC Offshore Helicopter (COHC) to supply seven EC225 LP long-range helicopters that will allow the company to carry out its airlift duties...
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21 December 2011
China to launch five satellites in 2012
China is planning to launch five commercial satellites for unidentified foreign customers in 2012.
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21 December 2011
Precision Air to buy five ATR-600 series aircraft
ATR, a consortium of Alenia and EADS, has won a $98m order from Tanzania’s Precision Air Services for four 50-seat ATR 42-600s and one 68-seat ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft.
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20 December 2011
China launches NigComSat-1R satellite
China has launched a Nigerian communications satellite, named NigComSat-1R, on a Long March 3B (LM-3B) launch vehicle from the Xixhang Satellite Launch Centre in south-west China.
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20 December 2011
Hebei Airlines receives two Embraer 190 jets
China's Hebei Airlines has received two Embraer 190 (E190) jets from Embraer.
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19 December 2011
Lion Air plans to place new aircraft order in February 2012
Indonesia-based Lion Air is planning to place another aircraft order in February 2012 to upgrade its fleet following a $21.7bn contract with Boeing to buy 380 737 aircraft in November...
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19 December 2011
Etihad Airways selects GEnx-1B engines to power Boeing 787 and 777 jets
GE Aviation has secured a $900m contract from Etihad Airways to deliver its GEnx-1B engines to power ten Boeing 787 Dreamliners and two Boeing 777 freighters.
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18 December 2011
JetBlue orders 86 Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines for A320s
JetBlue Airways has signed a $1.03bn agreement with Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies, to purchase 86 PW1100G-JM engines to power 40 Airbus A320neo jets.
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18 December 2011
Arianespace launches six satellites
Arianespace has launched the Pleiades 1A, Elisa and SSOT satellites from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana for French space agency CNES, Astrium and the French and Chilean...