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Atlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flight
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flightCAPE CANAVERAL — Delivering two-and-a-half million pounds of ground-shaking thrust at takeoff, more than any rocket flying from…
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China launches Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite
Read more →: China launches Yaogan-27 remote sensing satelliteChina’s Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on last Thursday at 10:31 a.m. Beijing Time, from Taiyuan launch site in Shanxi Province, north China.The satellite will mainly be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention.Yaogan-27 was carried by a Long March-4C rocket, the 207th mission for the Long March rocket family.China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
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Atlas/MUOS 4 launch timeline
Read more →: Atlas/MUOS 4 launch timelineThis is the ascent timeline to be followed by the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in launching…
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Proton back in action with successful launch for Inmarsat
Read more →: Proton back in action with successful launch for InmarsatThe Proton rocket with Inmarsat 5 F3 launched at 1144 GMT (7:44 a.m. EDT) Friday from the Baikonur…
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Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Read more →: Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launchThe Atlas 5 rocket will remain inside assembly building for now. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Plans to…
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Preview: Launch to complete Navy satellite fleet’s reach
Read more →: Preview: Launch to complete Navy satellite fleet’s reachA prior Atlas 5-551 rocket rolls out. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Likened to raising a cellular tower…
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Soyuz relocation clears way for launch of new station crew
Read more →: Soyuz relocation clears way for launch of new station crewThe Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft moved to a new docking port on the International Space Station on Friday. Credit:…
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Asteroids loom as the new Klondike for Seattle region’s space industry
Read more →: Asteroids loom as the new Klondike for Seattle region’s space industryAn artist’s conception shows an asteroid-hunting telescope in Earth orbit. (Credit: NASA) Seattle could profit from the rush…
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Live coverage: Proton blasts off on return-to-flight mission
Read more →: Live coverage: Proton blasts off on return-to-flight missionLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket and the Inmarsat 5 F3 mobile communications…
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Chinese spy payload fired into orbit
Read more →: Chinese spy payload fired into orbitThe Long March 4C rocket and Yaogan 27 satellite lifted off at 0231 GMT Thursday (10:31 p.m. EDT…
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Indian space program buoyed by back-to-back GSLV successes
Read more →: Indian space program buoyed by back-to-back GSLV successesThe GSLV lifted off at 1122 GMT (7:22 a.m. EDT) Thursday from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on…
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Photos: HTV supply ship glistens on approach to ISS
Read more →: Photos: HTV supply ship glistens on approach to ISSPhotos captured by astronauts on the International Space Station show a Japanese cargo freighter, covered with reflective solar…