Tag: Asgardia
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Cygnus cargo craft released from space station, setting up for CubeSat deployments
The Cygnus supply ship was released from the space station’s robotic arm Wednesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft departed the International Space Station on Wednesday, heading for a higher orbit to deploy 14 CubeSats and an eventual de-orbit burn to dispose of more than 6,200 pounds of trash and other…
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Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship readied for station departure
Live coverage of Orbital ATK’s eighth operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station with a ‘nation’
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket lifts off from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Orbital ATK Photo / Thom Baur) Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket today sent a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the first step of its journey to the International Space Station with 7,400 pounds of supplies and experiments, including a nanosatellite that its backers say will…
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Asgardia gets ready for its first satellite launch, targeting off-Earth data storage
Asgardia says its nanosatellite would be deployed into space from a boxlike module attached to the exterior of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft, shown here. (NanoRacks Photo) Asgardia, the crowdfunding venture that aims to create an independent nation in outer space, is due to reveal details of its first satellite mission next week – and Motherboard reports that…
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Hail, Asgardia! Scientist plans to create nation in space, but details are up in the air
A stylized graphic shows Asgardia’s satellite in space. (Credit: Asgardia.space) A Russian scientist and businessman today unveiled a social-media-savvy plan to create the first-ever nation in space, named Asgardia. But many of the details of the plan, including how Asgardia’s first satellite will be launched, haven’t yet been pinned down. The mastermind behind Asgardia, which…