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Analyst: Smallsats are the Wild Card in $250 Billion Launch Market
Read more →: Analyst: Smallsats are the Wild Card in $250 Billion Launch MarketAn increase in U.S. government and military spending on launch services, combined with a sharp spike in small…
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Made in Space wins NASA contract to 3D-print satellite structures in orbit
Read more →: Made in Space wins NASA contract to 3D-print satellite structures in orbitNASA awarded a $73.7 million contract Friday to the California-based startup Made in Space for a 3D-printing…
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Launch of Indian moon lander postponed by ‘technical snag’
Read more →: Launch of Indian moon lander postponed by ‘technical snag’The GSLV Mk.3 launcher awaiting liftoff with the Chandrayaan 2 lunar mission. Credit: ISRO Indian engineers called off…
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Live coverage: Indian moon launch scrubbed
Read more →: Live coverage: Indian moon launch scrubbedLive coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.3 with the Chandrayaan 2…
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Video highlights from Chandrayaan 2’s launch campaign
Read more →: Video highlights from Chandrayaan 2’s launch campaignEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated to reflect new launch date of July 22. These video highlights released by the Indian Space…
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Russian Proton-M launches Spektr-RG observatory
Read more →: Russian Proton-M launches Spektr-RG observatoryRussia’s Proton-M rocket – after a lengthy standdown – finally launched the Spektr-RG observatory on Saturday at 12:30…
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STS-93 at Twenty Years: Planning to launch Chandra
Read more →: STS-93 at Twenty Years: Planning to launch ChandraJust a few days from the thirtieth anniversary of Apollo 11, the mission that landed the first Americans…
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Russia launches international X-ray astronomy mission
Read more →: Russia launches international X-ray astronomy missionA Proton rocket and Block DM upper stage climbed into space Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…
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India seeks to join exclusive company with ambitious moon mission
Read more →: India seeks to join exclusive company with ambitious moon missionArtist’s illustration of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The mission’s landing craft — which carries the…
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Live coverage: Proton rocket lifts off with X-ray astronomy observatory
Read more →: Live coverage: Proton rocket lifts off with X-ray astronomy observatoryLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the Spektr-RG X-ray astronomy mission. Text…
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Maxar Builds GEO Satellite for Ovzon
Read more →: Maxar Builds GEO Satellite for OvzonMaxar Technologies began production on a Legion-class Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite for Ovzon, a company located in the…
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GSLV Mk.3 rolls out for launch of Indian moon mission
Read more →: GSLV Mk.3 rolls out for launch of Indian moon missionThe 143-foot-tall (43.5-meter) GSLV Mk.3 rocket rolls out of its assembly building with the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft on-board.…