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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
Read more →: Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journalLive coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the NROL-52 national security payload. Follow…
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Video: SpaceX conducts hotfire test for next Falcon 9 launch
Read more →: Video: SpaceX conducts hotfire test for next Falcon 9 launchVideo credit: William Harwood/CBS News SpaceX ran a Falcon 9 rocket through a series of pre-flight checks Monday,…
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Olympusat Moves Channels from Intelsat to SES Satellite
Read more →: Olympusat Moves Channels from Intelsat to SES SatelliteOlympusat, an independent media company specializing in the ownership, distribution, production and technical services of Spanish and English-language…
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Photos: NROL-52 payload mounted atop Atlas 5 booster
Read more →: Photos: NROL-52 payload mounted atop Atlas 5 boosterThis photo gallery shows the classified National Reconnaissance Office payload, already encapsulated in the 14-foot-diameter nose cone, being…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in FloridaLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…
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Orbcomm Expands Footprint with Blue Tree Systems Acquisition
Read more →: Orbcomm Expands Footprint with Blue Tree Systems AcquisitionOrbcomm announced that it has acquired Blue Tree Systems, based in Galway, Ireland, along with its subsidiaries in…
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Arianespace Launch Expands Intelsat Constellation and DTH in Japan
Read more →: Arianespace Launch Expands Intelsat Constellation and DTH in JapanArianespace successfully completed a mission on Sept. 29 that delivered two satellites to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO): Intelsat…
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Spaceflight wins $5.5 million NASA contract for nanosatellite launch services
Read more →: Spaceflight wins $5.5 million NASA contract for nanosatellite launch servicesSpaceflight’s SHERPA carrier is capable of deploying scores of satellites. (Spaceflight Illustration) Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s been awarded…
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Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission from Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission from Cape Canaveral*** AV-075/NROL-52 launch fact sheet *** Payload: CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY PAYLOAD NRO geosynchronous communications satellite Relays imagery and…
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World View launches ‘Stratollite’ balloon from Spaceport Tucson for the first time
Read more →: World View launches ‘Stratollite’ balloon from Spaceport Tucson for the first timeA high-altitude balloon is inflated in preparation for World View’s launch from Spaceport Tucson in Arizona. (World View…
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2018 turns into 2019 for Webb Space Telescope (and maybe Boeing’s space taxi)
Read more →: 2018 turns into 2019 for Webb Space Telescope (and maybe Boeing’s space taxi)NASA says it’s moving the launch date for its $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope from October 2018…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket fires into space with two commercial satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket fires into space with two commercial satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Intelsat 37e and BSAT…