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Gaojing-1 Expected to Launch Late This Year
Read more →: Gaojing-1 Expected to Launch Late This YearBEIJING, Dec. 14 (China Space News) — A new initiative spurred by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation…
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China Launches New-generation Weather Satellite
Read more →: China Launches New-generation Weather SatelliteXICHANG, Sichuan, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — China launched a weather satellite at 12:11 a.m. Sunday, marking an upgrade…
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Video: EchoStar 19 launches to space atop Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Video: EchoStar 19 launches to space atop Atlas 5 rocketThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall and and weighing a million pounds, unleashes…
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Atlas 5 rocket launches satellite to bring high-speed Internet to more Americans
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket launches satellite to bring high-speed Internet to more Americans(Video courtesy United Launch Alliance) CAPE CANAVERAL — The world’s highest capacity broadband satellite, a craft that will…
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Atlas V completes ULA’s 2016 with EchoStar XIX launch
Read more →: Atlas V completes ULA’s 2016 with EchoStar XIX launchUnited Launch Alliance launched its last Atlas V rocket of 2016 Sunday, deploying the EchoStar XIX commercial communications satellite…
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Photos: Final ULA mission of the year blasts off successfully
Read more →: Photos: Final ULA mission of the year blasts off successfullyMarking United Launch Alliance’s 12th and last rocket flight in 2016, the Atlas 5 rocket departed Cape Canaveral…
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Mars rover’s drill out of action
Read more →: Mars rover’s drill out of actionThe mast camera on the Curiosity rover captured this view of a butte standing about 16 feet (5…
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Photos: EchoStar 19 launch as seen from press site
Read more →: Photos: EchoStar 19 launch as seen from press siteAs viewed from the ITL Causeway at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with EchoStar 19 and nighttime pics
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with EchoStar 19 and nighttime picsThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with three strap-on solid-propellant boosters for added performance, was transfered…
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John Glenn remembered
Read more →: John Glenn rememberedSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Members of the public pay their respects to former astronaut and…
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Photos: EchoStar 19 satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Photos: EchoStar 19 satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocketA satellite to provide residential Internet services across the U.S. was hoisted aboard its United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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Timeline: Atlas 5/EchoStar 19 ascent
Read more →: Timeline: Atlas 5/EchoStar 19 ascentThis is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape…