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New NOAA weather satellite reaches geostationary orbit
Read more →: New NOAA weather satellite reaches geostationary orbitArtist’s concept of the GOES-17 satellite in orbit. Credit: Lockheed Martin Less than two weeks after its launch…
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Robert Lightfoot, NASA’s longest-serving interim administrator, to retire
Read more →: Robert Lightfoot, NASA’s longest-serving interim administrator, to retireNASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot testifies to the House Science Committee’s subcommittee on space March 7. Credit: NASA/Bill…
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Photos: Soyuz rocket soars into space from French Guiana
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz rocket soars into space from French GuianaA Soyuz rocket launched Friday with four commercial satellites to expand broadband Internet coverage in remote parts of…
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SpaceX’s most recent launch carried a secret military-funded experiment
Read more →: SpaceX’s most recent launch carried a secret military-funded experimentArtist’s illustration of a Payload Orbital Delivery System accommodation on a Space Systems/Loral-built telecom satellite. Credit: SSL A…
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Long March-8 Carrier Rocket to Make Maiden Flight in 2020
Read more →: Long March-8 Carrier Rocket to Make Maiden Flight in 2020BEIJING, Mar. 9 (China Space News) — The new generation medium-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-8 (CZ-8), is…
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China to Launch first Satellite for LEO Constellation System
Read more →: China to Launch first Satellite for LEO Constellation SystemBEIJING, Mar. 10 (China Space News) — China plans to launch the first satellite for a low-Earth orbit…
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Chang’e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the Moon
Read more →: Chang’e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the MoonBEIJING, Mar. 8 (China Space News) — The mission of Chang’e-4 lunar probe will proceed in two phases…
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Live coverage: Soyuz rocket lifts off with four O3b broadband satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Soyuz rocket lifts off with four O3b broadband satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with four O3b commercial…
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Eutelsat plans satellite to assess potential for low-altitude constellation
Read more →: Eutelsat plans satellite to assess potential for low-altitude constellationArtist’s illustration of a six-unit, or 6U, CubeSat. Credit: NASA Ames Joining other established commercial geostationary satellite operators…
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Video: Replay of Soyuz takeoff with four O3b broadband satellites
Read more →: Video: Replay of Soyuz takeoff with four O3b broadband satellitesVideo credit: Arianespace A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Friday from French Guiana with four broadband satellites…
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Four O3b satellites launched to beam Internet to developing world
Read more →: Four O3b satellites launched to beam Internet to developing worldA Soyuz rocket lifts off Friday from the Guiana Space Center with four O3b broadband satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace…
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2018 Would See Five Launches of Long March-11
Read more →: 2018 Would See Five Launches of Long March-11BEIJING, Mar. 1 (China Space News) — China is planning its first sea-launch of satellites carried by a…