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European communications relay satellite launched by Proton rocket
Read more →: European communications relay satellite launched by Proton rocketA commercial satellite designed to broadcast hundreds of television channels across Europe and better link European surveillance satellites…
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GPS satellite moves to Atlas 5 facility for launch next Friday
Read more →: GPS satellite moves to Atlas 5 facility for launch next FridayFile photo of GPS satellite lift atop Atlas 5. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — After a quarter-century readying…
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Live coverage: Proton fires into space with Eutelsat 9B
Read more →: Live coverage: Proton fires into space with Eutelsat 9BLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the Eutelsat 9B communications satellite. Text…
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Water ice abounds in Pluto’s frigid bedrock
Read more →: Water ice abounds in Pluto’s frigid bedrockThis false-color image, derived from observations in infrared light by the Ralph/Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) instrument,…
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Long March-6 Launch Made the Top Sci-tech News List of 2015
Read more →: Long March-6 Launch Made the Top Sci-tech News List of 2015BEIJING, Jan. 26 (China Space News) — The top science and technology news of 2015 was announced in…
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First Intelsat Epic satellite deployed by Ariane 5 rocket
Read more →: First Intelsat Epic satellite deployed by Ariane 5 rocketAn Ariane 5 rocket blasted off at 2320 GMT (6:20 p.m. EST) Wednesday with the Intelsat 29e satellite.…
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Photos: Ariane 5 climbs away from jungle launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Ariane 5 climbs away from jungle launch padA European Ariane 5 rocket took off on its first flight of the year Wednesday with a new-generation…
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Families, NASA honor fallen astronauts
Read more →: Families, NASA honor fallen astronautsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION On the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, crew families, friends…
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Laser-equipped satellite to inaugurate European data relay system
Read more →: Laser-equipped satellite to inaugurate European data relay systemThe Eutelsat 9B satellite and the hosted payload for the European Data Relay System are pictured before shipment…
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Reporters remember Challenger coverage
Read more →: Reporters remember Challenger coverageSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Media representatives converge on memorial service for Challenger’s crew at the…
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Live coverage: Intelsat’s first “Epic” satellite in orbit after Ariane 5 launch
Read more →: Live coverage: Intelsat’s first “Epic” satellite in orbit after Ariane 5 launchLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Intelsat 29e communications satellite.…
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Proton rocket rolled out for launch of Eutelsat satellite
Read more →: Proton rocket rolled out for launch of Eutelsat satelliteRiding on its side aboard a rail car, a Proton rocket trekked to its launch pad Tuesday at…