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  • Astra ships next small satellite launcher to Alaska spaceport

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    Astra’s second orbital-class small satellite launcher undergoes a hotfire test before its shipment to Alaska for final launch preparations. Credit: Astra Astra’s next small satellite launcher has shipped to Kodiak Island in Alaska for final preparations ahead of a test flight planned in early August, five months after the company’s first orbital rocket faltered before…

  • SpaceX shares video of first double fairing catch

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    SpaceX’s two fast-maneuvering payload fairing recovery vessels were in the right place at the right time Monday to catch both halves of the nose shroud jettisoned by a Falcon 9 rocket climbing into orbit with South Korea’s Anasis 2 military communications satellite. The California-based launch company released a pair of videos Tuesday on Twitter, showing…

  • SpaceX shares video of first double fairing catch

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    SpaceX’s two fast-maneuvering payload fairing recovery vessels were in the right place at the right time Monday to catch both halves of the nose shroud jettisoned by a Falcon 9 rocket climbing into orbit with South Korea’s Anasis 2 military communications satellite. The California-based launch company released a pair of videos Tuesday on Twitter, showing…

  • Spacewalkers prep space station for future upgrades

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken completed a 5-hour, 29-minute spacewalk today to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades.READ MORE: https://t.co/2F2xvbK3GT pic.twitter.com/Db4VnRiXYa — Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) July 21, 2020 Space station commander Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken floated back outside Tuesday for their fourth spacewalk in…

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken completed a 5-hour, 29-minute spacewalk today to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades.READ MORE: https://t.co/2F2xvbK3GT pic.twitter.com/Db4VnRiXYa — Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) July 21, 2020 Space station commander Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken floated back outside Tuesday for their fourth spacewalk in…

  • SpaceX delivers South Korea’s first military satellite into on-target orbit

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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Monday. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket deployed South Korea’s first dedicated military satellite into orbit Monday a half-hour after a fiery launch from Cape Canaveral, helping fulfill an agreement between Lockheed Martin and the South Korean…

  • SpaceX delivers South Korea’s first military satellite into on-target orbit

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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Monday. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket deployed South Korea’s first dedicated military satellite into orbit Monday a half-hour after a fiery launch from Cape Canaveral, helping fulfill an agreement between Lockheed Martin and the South Korean…

  • Live coverage: South Korean military satellite launches from Florida

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the South Korean military’s Anasis 2 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission audio”] [tabbyending] SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to…

  • Live coverage: South Korean military satellite launches from Florida

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the South Korean military’s Anasis 2 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission audio”] [tabbyending] SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to…

  • Falcon 9 launch timeline with Anasis 2

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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the South Korean Anasis 2 military communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida…