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Intelligence-gathering satellite deployed in orbit for Russian military
Read more →: Intelligence-gathering satellite deployed in orbit for Russian militaryVideo credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A Russian military surveillance satellite designed to monitor adversaries’ radio signals successfully…
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will try to launch his Tesla Roadster on new heavy-lift rocket
Read more →: Elon Musk says SpaceX will try to launch his Tesla Roadster on new heavy-lift rocketEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 2 with further confirmation, and details about the Roadster’s target orbit. The interstage of…
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Rocket Lab to launch second orbital-class rocket as soon as next week
Read more →: Rocket Lab to launch second orbital-class rocket as soon as next weekRocket Lab’s second Electron rocket at the company’s New Zealand launch base. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab has…
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Guidance error reportedly led to Russian launch failure
Read more →: Guidance error reportedly led to Russian launch failureEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 1 with news that Soyuz rocket launches will be permitted to continue as scheduled. Multiple replays…
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NASA agrees to launch station supplies on reused SpaceX rocket
Read more →: NASA agrees to launch station supplies on reused SpaceX rocketA Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster returns to landing at at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on…
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Debut of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket now planned early next year
Read more →: Debut of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket now planned early next yearArtist’s illustration of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket in flight. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket is expected…
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Russian weather satellite and 18 secondary payloads lost after rocket failure
Read more →: Russian weather satellite and 18 secondary payloads lost after rocket failureA Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifts off Tuesday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Credit: Roscosmos A new…
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China successfully launches remote sensing satellites
Read more →: China successfully launches remote sensing satellitesChina launched remote sensing satellites at 2:10 am, Beijing Time, last Saturday on a Long March-2C rocket from…
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First Commercial Mission of Long March-6 Achieved Success
Read more →: First Commercial Mission of Long March-6 Achieved SuccessBEIJING, Nov. 21 (China Space News) — China launched three remote sensing satellites at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday from…
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China to Launch Four New Weather Satellites before 2021
Read more →: China to Launch Four New Weather Satellites before 2021BEIJING, Nov. 17 (China Space News) — China plans to put four more Fengyun-3 meteorological satellites into orbit…
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Soyuz rocket set for launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome
Read more →: Soyuz rocket set for launch from Russia’s new cosmodromeA Soyuz-2.1b rocket is set for launch at 0541:46 GMT (12:41:46 a.m. EST) Tuesday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome…
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Space station cargo flight next on SpaceX’s launch schedule
Read more →: Space station cargo flight next on SpaceX’s launch scheduleFile photo of a Dragon cargo capsule being readied for launch. Credit: SpaceX In a reshuffling of SpaceX’s…