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Commercial satellite launched to image the Earth in high-resolution
Read more →: Commercial satellite launched to image the Earth in high-resolutionA companion to the world’s most powerful private Earth-imaging satellite rocketed into space today from the U.S. west…
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Video: Liftoff of WorldView 4 aboard Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Video: Liftoff of WorldView 4 aboard Atlas 5 rocketThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 189 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, unleashes 860,000…
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Timeline: Atlas 5/WorldView 4 ascent profile
Read more →: Timeline: Atlas 5/WorldView 4 ascent profileThis is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Vandenberg…
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China lofts pulsar navigation demo satellite
Read more →: China lofts pulsar navigation demo satelliteA Long March 11 rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan space center at 2342 GMT (6:42 p.m. EST)…
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Preview: Atlas 5 and WorldView 4 ready to fly after wildfire delay
Read more →: Preview: Atlas 5 and WorldView 4 ready to fly after wildfire delayCredit: United Launch Alliance The belated launch of a powerful Earth-imaging satellite that will take the highest resolution…
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Video: Preview briefing on NASA’s CYGNSS mission to improve hurricane forecasting
Read more →: Video: Preview briefing on NASA’s CYGNSS mission to improve hurricane forecastingLearn about the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System — NASA’s fleet of hurricane-tracking satellites — launching together on…
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Advanced weather bird mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch into space
Read more →: Advanced weather bird mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch into spaceFile photo of satellite in Atlas 5 rocket payload in 5-meter fairing being hoisted. Credit NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL…
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New Heavy-lift Carrier Rocket Boosts China’s Space Dream
Read more →: New Heavy-lift Carrier Rocket Boosts China’s Space DreamWENCHANG, Hainan, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday launched its new heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March-5. The…
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China Launches Heavy-lift Carrier Rocket
Read more →: China Launches Heavy-lift Carrier RocketWENCHANG, Hainan, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday launched its new heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March-5 from…
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China’s Latest Heavy-lift Carrier Rocket Blasts Off
Read more →: China’s Latest Heavy-lift Carrier Rocket Blasts OffWENCHANG, Hainan, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday launched its brand-new heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March-5 from…
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China Sends Satellite, Upper Stage Craft into Orbit
Read more →: China Sends Satellite, Upper Stage Craft into OrbitWENCHANG, Hainan, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday sent a payload combination of a satellite and an…
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Galileo navigation satellites mounted atop Ariane 5 for launch next week
Read more →: Galileo navigation satellites mounted atop Ariane 5 for launch next weekThe Ariane 5’s payload fairing (top) is lowered over the four Galileo satellites already fastened to their carrier…