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Long March 4C launches Yaogan Weixing-16 spy satellite for China
Read more →: Long March 4C launches Yaogan Weixing-16 spy satellite for ChinaFollowing the postponement of the Zhongxing-12 (ChinaSat) communications satellite launch, the Chinese kept up their impressive launch pace…
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Podcast: How to get famous on YouTube, implant RFID chips, and travel to space
Read more →: Podcast: How to get famous on YouTube, implant RFID chips, and travel to spaceMatt Harding in the KIRO-FM studios. (Erynn Rose photo) This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast,…
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All hail the Super Crawler – CT-2 put through its paces ahead of SLS
Read more →: All hail the Super Crawler – CT-2 put through its paces ahead of SLSOne of the unsung workhorses of the space program, the Crawler Transporter, is ready for its own transition…
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China to Deliver Communications Satellite for DR Congo
Read more →: China to Deliver Communications Satellite for DR CongoZHUHAI, Nov. 21 (China Space News) — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) will provide communications satellite…
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UK steps up, as ESA commit to ATV Service Module on NASA’s Orion
Read more →: UK steps up, as ESA commit to ATV Service Module on NASA’s OrionThe European Space Agency (ESA) have announced they will inform NASA they are ready to build an ATV…
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ILS Proton-M launches with EchoStar XVI
Read more →: ILS Proton-M launches with EchoStar XVIInternational Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch was on…
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Veteran NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick joins Blue Origin as human integration architect
Read more →: Veteran NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick joins Blue Origin as human integration architectVeteran astronaut Nicholas Patrick is joining Blue Origin. Photo courtesy of NASA. Nicholas Patrick, the fifth British astronaut…
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ULA: Launch services customers class reliability as their main consideration
Read more →: ULA: Launch services customers class reliability as their main considerationThe ever-competitive launch services market has once again been thrown into the spotlight, with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk…
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China Launches Environment-monitoring Satellite Huanjing-1C
Read more →: China Launches Environment-monitoring Satellite Huanjing-1CBEIJING, Nov. 19 (China Space News) — A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an environment-monitoring satellite Huanjing-1C blasted…
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Chinese Long March 2C lofts Huanjing-1C into orbit
Read more →: Chinese Long March 2C lofts Huanjing-1C into orbitChina conducted its 16th orbital launch of the year by orbiting the third satellite on its Environmental Protection & Disaster…
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Three ISS crewmembers make pre-dawn Earth return following ISS departure
Read more →: Three ISS crewmembers make pre-dawn Earth return following ISS departureThree crewmembers of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 33 crew – comprising American astronaut Suni Williams, Japanese…
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AEHF-2 handed over to the USAF after completing on-orbit testing
Read more →: AEHF-2 handed over to the USAF after completing on-orbit testingLockheed Martin have completed the on-orbit testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite,…