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360 virtual reality: WorldView 4 launch animation
Read more →: 360 virtual reality: WorldView 4 launch animationDigitalGlobe’s 360 virtual reality preview of Friday’s WorldView 4 satellite launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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Atlas 5 rocket to launch space station cargo delivery mission in March
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket to launch space station cargo delivery mission in March– Posted at 12:01 a.m. – Updated at 10:15 a.m. with Orbital ATK statement File photo of Atlas…
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Navy satellite claws its way to usable orbit after main engine failure
Read more →: Navy satellite claws its way to usable orbit after main engine failureCAPE CANAVERAL — After four months of drama in space caused by a crippling failure of its main…
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Video: Long March 5 rocket lifts off on maiden flight
Read more →: Video: Long March 5 rocket lifts off on maiden flightChina debuted its new Long March 5 rocket Thursday with a successful nighttime blastoff on top of 2.4…
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China launches Long March 5, one of the world’s most powerful rockets
Read more →: China launches Long March 5, one of the world’s most powerful rocketsThe Long March 5 rocket takes off at 1243 GMT (8:43 a.m. EDT) on Thursday. Credit: Xinhua China’s…
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Kuaizhou-1 scheduled to launch in December
Read more →: Kuaizhou-1 scheduled to launch in DecemberChina plans to launch Kuaizhou-1 solid-fuelled carrier rocket in December, a breakthrough in its commercial rocket launches. The…
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Japanese weather observatory successfully boosted into orbit
Read more →: Japanese weather observatory successfully boosted into orbitA nearly four-ton satellite fitted with a modernized camera to collect more timely images of typhoons and severe…
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Long March 5 heavy-lifter ready to join China’s rocket inventory
Read more →: Long March 5 heavy-lifter ready to join China’s rocket inventoryChina is ready to debut a heavy-lifting rocket rivaling the biggest boosters in the world Thursday, paving the…
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China to Launch Long March-5 Carrier Rocket in November
Read more →: China to Launch Long March-5 Carrier Rocket in NovemberBEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — China’s largest carrier rocket, the Long March-5, will make its first trip into…
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Fly through the International Space Station in Ultra HD
Read more →: Fly through the International Space Station in Ultra HDTake a maze-like journey through the International Space Station in this fisheye 4K Ultra HD video recently recorded…
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Accompanying Satellite Launched from Tiangong-2
Read more →: Accompanying Satellite Launched from Tiangong-2BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — An accompanying satellite was launched from space lab Tiangong-2 at 7:31 a.m. on…
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H-2A rocket rolls to launch pad with Japanese weather satellite
Read more →: H-2A rocket rolls to launch pad with Japanese weather satelliteThe H-2A rocket set to launch with the Himawari 9 weather satellite rolled out to its launch pad…