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First Flight of New Chinese Rocket Fails
Read more →: First Flight of New Chinese Rocket FailsThe first flight of the Chinese rocket Kuaizhou-11 carrier rocket carrying two satellites failed on Friday, Chinese state…
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New Chinese satellite launcher fails on first flight
Read more →: New Chinese satellite launcher fails on first flightThis frame from a video of the Kuaizhou 11 launch shows the rocket lifting off from the Jiuquan…
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ESA delays Ariane 6 launch to the second half of 2021
Read more →: ESA delays Ariane 6 launch to the second half of 2021The European Space Agency (ESA) has delayed the first launch of their upcoming heavy-medium rocket: the Ariane 6.…
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Space Explored is now available in Apple News
Read more →: Space Explored is now available in Apple NewsQuick programming note from Space Explored: Apple News readers can now follow our stories from the News app…
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NASA is upgrading one of Deep Space Network’s antennas in Australia with important changes
Read more →: NASA is upgrading one of Deep Space Network’s antennas in Australia with important changesNASA is upgrading one of the antennas of its interplanetary switchboard located in Australia, known as the Deep…
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Google Earth celebrates 15 years of making satellite imagery accessible to the planet
Read more →: Google Earth celebrates 15 years of making satellite imagery accessible to the planetGoogle Earth made global satellite imagery of the Earth widely accessible for free in 2005. This week, Google…
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Report: SpaceX sees EXIM Bank as ‘Critical’ to Winning Global Market
Read more →: Report: SpaceX sees EXIM Bank as ‘Critical’ to Winning Global MarketUnited States space companies are hoping to get more help against foreign competitors through financing from the U.S. Export-Import…
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Intermap Technologies Partners With Zipline for African Medical Operations
Read more →: Intermap Technologies Partners With Zipline for African Medical OperationsIntermap Technologies revealed a new contract with Zipline to deliver geospatial Elevation-as-a-Service to support their expanding medical operations…
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FCC chief seeks conditional approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite network
Read more →: FCC chief seeks conditional approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite networkAjit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, speaks at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January. (GeekWire…
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Thursday Morning Conversation with Tara Bamburg of Southwest Airlines
Read more →: Thursday Morning Conversation with Tara Bamburg of Southwest AirlinesWelcome to another of Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversations. This time we are off to Texas to talk…
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Northrop Grumman readies for debut Minotaur IV launch from MARS
Read more →: Northrop Grumman readies for debut Minotaur IV launch from MARSFor the first time in its 10-year flight history, the Minotaur IV rocket is preparing to make its…
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High-throughput communications satellite launched from China
Read more →: High-throughput communications satellite launched from ChinaA Long March 3B rocket lifts off Thursday from the Xichang space launch facility with the Apstar 6D…