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Boeing-built TDRS-M working its way through Boeing’s El Segundo satellite factory as it readies for launch. (Boeing photo)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 18, 2017 – The sixth and final Boeing [NYSE: BA] Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), launched today, will enhance NASA’s space communications network when the satellite becomes fully operational early next year.
NASA Successfully Launches Latest Communications Satellite
 NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), which is the third and final in a series of next generation communications satellites, has successfully been placed into orbit following separation from an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.
Credits: NASA
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NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), which is the third and final in a series of next generation communications satellites, has successfully been placed into orbit following separation from an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. TDRS-M launched Friday at 8:03 a.m. EDT from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
August 19, 2017 (JST) Successful Launch, H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 35 Encapsulating MICHIBIKI No. 3 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and JAXA successfully launched H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 35 (H-IIA F35) which encapsulates MICHIBIKI No. 3, (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System; geostationary orbit) at 2:29:00 p.m. on August 19, 2017 (JST) from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center. http://adn.firetrench.com
August 18, 2017 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces
Media are invited to attend the military burial of Sergeant James Alexander Milne on August 25, 2017, at Orchard Dump Cemetery in Arleux-en-Gohelle, France. In attendance will be representatives from the Government of Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).
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August 18, 2017 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces
Eleven Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) clearance divers and support personnel are participating in Operation OPEN SPIRIT 2017 in Latvia from August 18 to 31, 2017.
The joys of electronic publishing – errors, omissions, late article arrivals, can all be accommodated by publishing a supplement or publishing Version 2 of the original
Below is a complimentary Version 2 of Rotorcraft Asia-Pacific e-news – July 2017 Report. This replaces Version1 which did not have the helicopter register latest data and other important news items. Apologies
Global cyber security and risk mitigation firm NCC Group, has partnered with aviation risk assurance and security management specialist 3DAssurance to address security requirements within the aviation industry.
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August 17, 2017 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces
Today, the Land Task Force (LTF) in Poland completed its successful three-year mission on Operation REASSURANCE with an end of mission parade in Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland.
