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China Launches the Yaogan-30 01 Satellites
Read more →: China Launches the Yaogan-30 01 SatellitesBEIJING, Oct. 9 (China Space News) — China launched three remote sensing satellites Friday on a Long March-2C…
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China’s New-generation Weather Satellite Put into Service
Read more →: China’s New-generation Weather Satellite Put into ServiceBEIJING, Oct. 9 (China Space News) — Fengyun-4A satellite, the first of China’s second-generation geostationary orbiting weather satellites,…
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Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad awaiting liftoff on NROL-52
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad awaiting liftoff on NROL-52The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands atop Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in readiness for the…
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Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission
Read more →: Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission*** AV-075/NROL-52 launch fact sheet *** Payload: CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY PAYLOAD NRO geosynchronous communications satellite Relays imagery and…
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Russian resupply launch aborted, curbing express trip to station
Read more →: Russian resupply launch aborted, curbing express trip to stationThe Soyuz-2.1a rocket on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodome in Kazakhstan after an aborted countdown Thursday.…
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Preview: Atlas 5 to execute another space-lift mission for U.S. spy satellite agency
Read more →: Preview: Atlas 5 to execute another space-lift mission for U.S. spy satellite agencyAn Atlas 5-421, pictured here, will be used to launch NROL-52. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL —…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with joint satellite for SES, EchoStar
Read more →: Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with joint satellite for SES, EchoStarSpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast Wednesday evening with the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications…
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Photos: Atlas 5 returns to pad for night owl launch
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 returns to pad for night owl launchThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the NROL-52 spacecraft aboard moved to the launch pad this…
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Asteroid-bound probe returns Earth-moon family portrait
Read more →: Asteroid-bound probe returns Earth-moon family portraitThe MapCam camera on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft took this picture of the Earth and the moon Oct. 2…
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SpaceX launches its 15th mission of the year
Read more →: SpaceX launches its 15th mission of the yearCredit: SpaceX Maintaining a brisk flight rate three days after its last launch, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with SES 11/EchoStar 105
Read more →: Falcon 9 launch timeline with SES 11/EchoStar 105SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday evening, heading due east over…
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Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster poised for launch
Read more →: Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster poised for launchA Falcon 9 rocket powered by a reused first stage booster rolled out Tuesday to pad 39A at…