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Photos: News media shots of the NROL-52 liftoff
Read more →: Photos: News media shots of the NROL-52 liftoffCape Canaveral was the point of origination for the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and the classified…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket powers NROL-52 payload to space
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket powers NROL-52 payload to spaceThe Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral for its pre-dawn ascent to deploy the NROL-52 payload…
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Video: NROL-52 launch aboard Atlas 5
Read more →: Video: NROL-52 launch aboard Atlas 5The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall and and weighing a million pounds, unleashes…
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Atlas 5 pierces the night to boost national security satellite into space
Read more →: Atlas 5 pierces the night to boost national security satellite into spaceCAPE CANAVERAL — A covert communications relay station to route spy satellite data directly to users was successfully…
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Regulatory filings suggest SpaceX plans November launch with mystery payload
Read more →: Regulatory filings suggest SpaceX plans November launch with mystery payloadFile photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A in Florida. Credit: SpaceX Information found…
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Progress cargo freighter begins two-day trek to space station
Read more →: Progress cargo freighter begins two-day trek to space stationEditor’s Note: Updated at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT) after confirmation of successful launch. Credit: TsENKI TV/Spaceflight Now A…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at twilight
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at twilightLaunching into a clear autumn sky at sunset, a Falcon 9 rocket took off Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy…
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Modified Russian missile boosts Europe’s newest environmental sentinel to space
Read more →: Modified Russian missile boosts Europe’s newest environmental sentinel to spaceA Rockot booster made from decommissioned Russian military missile stages carried Europe’s Sentinel 5P satellite to orbit Friday.…
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Photos: Sentinel 5P environmental satellite prepared for liftoff
Read more →: Photos: Sentinel 5P environmental satellite prepared for liftoffEurope’s Sentinel 5P satellite, fitted with a Dutch-developed spectrometer to measure gases in Earth’s atmosphere, was fueled and…
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Live coverage: European environmental satellite launches from Russia
Read more →: Live coverage: European environmental satellite launches from RussiaLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rockot launcher with Europe’s Sentinel 5P environmental monitoring satellite.…
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China’s Cargo Spacecraft Leaves Orbit
Read more →: China’s Cargo Spacecraft Leaves OrbitBEIJING, Sept. 25 (China Space News) — China’s first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, left its orbit under orders from…
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China Launches Remote Sensing Satellite for Venezuela
Read more →: China Launches Remote Sensing Satellite for VenezuelaBEIJING, Oct. 11 (China Space News) — China launched Venezuela’s remote sensing satellite, VRSS-2, into a preset orbit…