Tag: CubeSats
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Soyuz rocket fires into space with 11 satellites
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated with confirmation of launch success. A Soyuz rocket crowned by a Fregat upper stage carrying 11 Russian, German and U.S. satellites into orbit lifted off Thursday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East, the first flight from the country’s newest spaceport since a failure in November. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off…
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Testbed for Canadian data relay network successfully launched from China
A Long March 11 rocket lifted off at 0412 GMT Friday (11:12 p.m. EST Thursday) with a pathfinder satellite for Kepler Communications and five Chinese payloads. Credit: Kepler Communications A nanosatellite built in Scotland for Kepler Communications, a Toronto company planning a 140-satellite global data relay network, rode to orbit Friday with five Chinese satellites…
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Rocket Lab delivers nanosatellites to orbit on first successful test launch
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket fires off its launch pad on Mahia Peninsula. Credit: Kieran Fanning/Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s commercial Electron launcher soared into orbit from New Zealand on Saturday, U.S. time, a success that puts the company’s founder said will hasten dedicated, frequent and affordable rides to space for small satellites. The achievement caps four…
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Rocket Lab delivers nanosatellites to orbit on first successful test launch
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket fires off its launch pad on Mahia Peninsula. Credit: Kieran Fanning/Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s commercial Electron launcher soared into orbit from New Zealand on Saturday, U.S. time, a success that puts the company’s founder said will hasten dedicated, frequent and affordable rides to space for small satellites. The achievement caps four…
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Video: Rocket Lab achieves orbit on historic launch from New Zealand
Video credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket took off from a picturesque commercial launch base in New Zealand on Saturday, U.S. time, on a test flight that delivered three CubeSats into orbit on the company’s first successful satellite deployment. The 55-foot-tall (17-meter) rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, a…
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Video: Rocket Lab achieves orbit on historic launch from New Zealand
Video credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket took off from a picturesque commercial launch base in New Zealand on Saturday, U.S. time, on a test flight that delivered three CubeSats into orbit on the company’s first successful satellite deployment. The 55-foot-tall (17-meter) rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula, a…
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Rocket Lab test launch halted by ship traffic, deteriorating weather
Rocket Lab’s second Electron rocket vents oxygen vapors during a scrubbed launch attempt Friday, U.S. time (Saturday in New Zealand). Credit: Rocket Lab An attempt to place three small satellites in orbit on an experimental test flight was halted Friday after two ships strayed into a keep-out zone offshore Rocket Lab’s privately-owned launch base in…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab’s commercial launcher reaches orbit for the first time
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
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Electron test launch from New Zealand could happen this weekend
File photo of Rocket Lab’s second Electron rocket awaiting launch. Credit: Rocket Lab The second test flight of Rocket Lab’s privately-developed Electron satellite booster could take off from New Zealand as soon as Friday night, U.S. time, after technical problems and high winds kept the rocket grounded during a series of launch attempts in December.…
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India’s PSLV lifts off on first flight since fairing failure
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 0600 GMT (1 a.m. EST) after confirmation of successful launch. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Friday with 31 satellites on-board. Credit: ISRO A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Friday with 31 satellites on the first flight for India’s workhorse rocket since an August mishap that left an Indian…