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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
Read more →: Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journalLive coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the NROL-52 national security payload. Follow…
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Video: SpaceX conducts hotfire test for next Falcon 9 launch
Read more →: Video: SpaceX conducts hotfire test for next Falcon 9 launchVideo credit: William Harwood/CBS News SpaceX ran a Falcon 9 rocket through a series of pre-flight checks Monday,…
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Photos: NROL-52 payload mounted atop Atlas 5 booster
Read more →: Photos: NROL-52 payload mounted atop Atlas 5 boosterThis photo gallery shows the classified National Reconnaissance Office payload, already encapsulated in the 14-foot-diameter nose cone, being…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in FloridaLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…
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Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission from Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission from Cape Canaveral*** AV-075/NROL-52 launch fact sheet *** Payload: CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY PAYLOAD NRO geosynchronous communications satellite Relays imagery and…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket fires into space with two commercial satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket fires into space with two commercial satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Intelsat 37e and BSAT…
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Photos: Proton booster lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome
Read more →: Photos: Proton booster lifts off from Baikonur CosmodromeRising atop a column of rocket exhaust lighting up the Kazakh steppe, a Russian Proton booster took off…
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Elon Musk revises Mars plan, hopes for boots on ground in 2024
Read more →: Elon Musk revises Mars plan, hopes for boots on ground in 2024STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s concept for a Mars outpost serviced by…
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Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Intelsat and B-SAT
Read more →: Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Intelsat and B-SATCredit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon Recovering from a last-second launch abort earlier…
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ILS declares mission success after Proton launch of AsiaSat 9
Read more →: ILS declares mission success after Proton launch of AsiaSat 9Credit: Roscosmos AsiaSat’s most powerful communications satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral in California to reach developing markets in…
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Arianespace procures first batch of upgraded Vega-C rockets, preps for last Ariane 5 order
Read more →: Arianespace procures first batch of upgraded Vega-C rockets, preps for last Ariane 5 orderThis artist’s illustration shows the lineup of European rockets currently flying or scheduled to debut in the next…
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Live coverage: Proton lifts off with U.S.-built satellite for Asian company
Read more →: Live coverage: Proton lifts off with U.S.-built satellite for Asian companyLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the AsiaSat 9 communications satellite. Text…