Tag: Thales Alenia Space
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No time wasted in SpaceX’s rapid-fire launch campaign
Updated with new launch date. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket inside SpaceX’s hangar at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX Hours after launching a batch of cargo and provisions to the International Space Station on Tuesday, SpaceX ground teams wheeled another Falcon 9 rocket into the hangar at Cape Canaveral for a commercial satellite launch…
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SpaceX puts off next Falcon 9 launch
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next launch with a European-built communications satellite has been delayed to no earlier than March 28 to study a problem with a helium pressurization system on the Falcon 9 rocket, officials said Tuesday. The liftoff was set for…
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Weeks from another launch, SpaceX keeping pace with manifest
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket inside SpaceX’s hangar at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: SpaceX The next launch in SpaceX’s busy manifest this year is scheduled for March 21, when a Falcon 9 rocket will take off from Cape Canaveral and deliver Turkmenistan’s first satellite into orbit. The liftoff from SpaceX’s…
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Live coverage: European mini-shuttle back on Earth
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the European Space Agency’s Intermediate Experimental Vehicle. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.