The Progress M-17M resupply spacecraft, which arrived at the station last August, departed the Pirs docking compartment, part of the Russian segment, on Saturday, February 9, 2013. The Progress left orbit three hours later and burned up above the Pacific Ocean.
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On February 6, 2013, a Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat launch vehicle lifted off from Baikonur with a cluster of six second-generation Globalstar satellites. This launch completed the deployment of the second-generation fleet of satellites. Globalstar provides satellite phone and low-speed data communications services.
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NASA dixit:
“NASA is preparing to launch the first in a series of three third generation advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, known as TDRS-K. This latest addition to the fleet of seven will augment a space communications network that provides the critical path for high data-rate communication to the International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, past shuttle missions and a host of other spacecraft. It has been 10 years since NASA last launched a TDRS. This launch is the beginning of a welcome replenishment to the space network, which has served numerous national and international space missions since 1983.”
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