Tag: Astrocast
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SpaceX smashes record with launch of 143 small satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday from Cape Canaveral with 143 small satellites, a record number of spacecraft on a single mission, giving a boost to startup space companies and stressing the U.S. military’s tracking network charged with sorting…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline on the Transporter-1 mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday, heading due south over the Atlantic Ocean on a trajectory hugging the east coast of Florida to deliver 143 small satellites into polar orbit. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches rideshare mission on Falcon 9 rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission will launch 143 small satellites for numerous U.S. and international customers. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission audio”] [tabbyending]
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Indian military satellite, 20 more Planet imaging CubeSats launched by PSLV
A 145-foot-tall (44-meter) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Monday. Credit: ISRO An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off and successfully deployed a military electronic surveillance satellite and 28 nanosatellites for companies in the United States, Lithuania, Spain and Switzerland at two different altitudes Monday, before the…
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Live coverage: New configuration of India’s PSLV launches for first time
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the EMISat electronic intelligence-gathering satellite and 28 nanosatellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 0330 GMT (11:30 p.m. EDT) and will be available on this page.
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India’s PSLV poised for launch with 29 satellites
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, fitted with four solid rocket boosters, stands on the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast on the Bay of Bengal. Credit: ISRO An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled for liftoff Sunday night with an intelligence-gathering electronic surveillance satellite and 28 secondary…