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Chinasat 18 communications satellite encounters problem after launch
Read more →: Chinasat 18 communications satellite encounters problem after launchFile photo of a previous Long March 3B rocket launch. Credit: Xinhua A communications satellite designed to deliver…
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ULA’s second launch of the month scheduled for Thursday
Read more →: ULA’s second launch of the month scheduled for ThursdayThe payload fairing for this week’s Delta 4 launch is stacked on top of the launch vehicle on…
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Launch providers announce rideshare missions large and small
Read more →: Launch providers announce rideshare missions large and smallArtist’s illustration of a Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX and Arianespace recently announced plans to…
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Rocket Lab launch fulfills initial block of BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites
Read more →: Rocket Lab launch fulfills initial block of BlackSky Earth-imaging satellitesRocket Lab’s Electron rocket streaks into the sky over Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand in this long exposure…
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Smart Dragon-1 Makes Maiden Flight
Read more →: Smart Dragon-1 Makes Maiden FlightBEIJING, August 19 (China Space News) –China’s new carrier rocket Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1), designed for commercial use, made…
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China’s Jielong 1 smallsat launcher successful on first flight
Read more →: China’s Jielong 1 smallsat launcher successful on first flightThe first flight of the Chinese Jielong 1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan space center in northwestern…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches four satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches four satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on…
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NASA directs Alabama space center to manage lunar lander program
Read more →: NASA directs Alabama space center to manage lunar lander programSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Despite protests from Texas…
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Photos: Atlas 5 blasts off with U.S. Air Force communications payload
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 blasts off with U.S. Air Force communications payloadA United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 8 with the U.S.…
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Smallsat companies teaming up on deorbit experiment
Read more →: Smallsat companies teaming up on deorbit experimentArtist’s concept of a satellite manufactured by Millennium Space Systems. Credit: Millennium Space Systems TriSept Corp. has announced…
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ICEYE releases first sub-meter radar imagery from a microsatellite
Read more →: ICEYE releases first sub-meter radar imagery from a microsatelliteICEYE radar satellite imagery that has been acquired and processed at 0.5-meter ground sample distance, featuring a port…
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Sierra Nevada selects ULA’s Vulcan rocket to launch Dream Chaser missions
Read more →: Sierra Nevada selects ULA’s Vulcan rocket to launch Dream Chaser missionsThe Vulcan Centaur rocket configured to launch Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser spaceplane will fly with a dual-engine Centaur…