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Second node ready to join European laser relay network
Read more →: Second node ready to join European laser relay networkThe EDRS C spacecraft undergoes testing at an Airbus Defense and Space facility. Credit: ESA – S. Corvaja…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 launches with the Amos 17 communications satellite
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 launches with the Amos 17 communications satelliteLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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Proton rocket lifts off with Russian military satellite
Read more →: Proton rocket lifts off with Russian military satelliteEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated on Aug. 6 after confirmation of a successful mission. File photo of a previous Proton launch.…
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Tethers Unlimited joins forces with TriSept to test system for reducing orbital debris
Read more →: Tethers Unlimited joins forces with TriSept to test system for reducing orbital debrisOne version of the Terminator Tape system is designed to be integrated onto a 4-inch-wide CubeSat. A dime…
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NASA’s first interplanetary smallsats may struggle to stay under cost caps
Read more →: NASA’s first interplanetary smallsats may struggle to stay under cost capsArtist’s concept of the Janus mission imaging a binary asteroid. Credit: NASA The first set of proposals for…
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Good news, bad news for Spaceflight: Satellite rideshare market is heating up
Read more →: Good news, bad news for Spaceflight: Satellite rideshare market is heating upAn artist’s conception shows a future SpaceX rocket deploying a satellite carrier in orbit. (SpaceX Illustration) Seattle-based Spaceflight…
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Air Force’s Cape Canaveral commander excited for two launches in less than 36 hours
Read more →: Air Force’s Cape Canaveral commander excited for two launches in less than 36 hoursFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket taking off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.…
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Two launches on tap from Florida’s Space Coast this week
Read more →: Two launches on tap from Florida’s Space Coast this weekA test-firing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday evening kicked up a cloud of exhaust at Cape…
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Halfway through all-sky survey, NASA’s planet-hunting TESS mission gets extension
Read more →: Halfway through all-sky survey, NASA’s planet-hunting TESS mission gets extensionArtist’s concept of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Credit: NASA NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, fresh off a…
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GPS satellite installed atop Delta 4 launcher
Read more →: GPS satellite installed atop Delta 4 launcherThe Delta 4 rocket’s payload fairing, with the GPS satellite inside, rolls toward Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch…
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SpaceX to begin flights under new cargo resupply contract next year
Read more →: SpaceX to begin flights under new cargo resupply contract next yearSpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft closes in for docking at the International Space Station during a test flight March…
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Jeff Bezos touts a full-power firing of Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engine
Read more →: Jeff Bezos touts a full-power firing of Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engineAmazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is showing off a picture of his Blue Origin space venture’s BE-4 rocket engine…