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Live coverage: SpaceX readies next Falcon 9 for liftoff
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX readies next Falcon 9 for liftoffLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the second Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…
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Launch timeline for Vega rocket’s flight with Sentinel 2B
Read more →: Launch timeline for Vega rocket’s flight with Sentinel 2BEurope’s fifth Sentinel Earth observation satellite will ride a four-stage Vega rocket into polar orbit 488 miles (786 kilometers) above Earth to begin tracking changes in agriculture and forestry…
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NASA spacecraft steers clear of Martian moon Phobos
Read more →: NASA spacecraft steers clear of Martian moon PhobosESA’s Mars Express spacecraft took this image of Phobos backdropped by the limb of Mars. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin…
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Small experimental satellite launched by new Chinese rocket
Read more →: Small experimental satellite launched by new Chinese rocketChina debuted a new solid-fueled booster Thursday in an unannounced flight that put a small satellite into polar…
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Photos: Atlas 5 delivers success on 70th Launch
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 delivers success on 70th LaunchFor its 70th launch in 14 years, the Atlas 5 rocket carried the NROL-79 payload into space for…
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OneWeb to break ground on Florida factory, merge with Intelsat
Read more →: OneWeb to break ground on Florida factory, merge with IntelsatArtist’s concept of the OneWeb factory at Exploration Park, Florida. Credit: OneWeb Days before breaking ground on a…
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Atlas 5 powers covert reconnaissance payload to orbit on its 70th mission
Read more →: Atlas 5 powers covert reconnaissance payload to orbit on its 70th missionPerforming a successful spacelift mission for the U.S. spy satellite agency, an Atlas 5 rocket delivered a surveillance…
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Video: NROL-79 launch aboard Atlas 5
Read more →: Video: NROL-79 launch aboard Atlas 5The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 191 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, unleashes 860,000…
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Photos: Pad gantry rolled back to reveal Atlas 5 for launch
Read more →: Photos: Pad gantry rolled back to reveal Atlas 5 for launchThe mobile service tower retracts from the Atlas 5 rocket, revealing the 191-foot-tall vehicle for liftoff from Vandenberg…
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NASA buys up to five more seats on future Soyuz missions
Read more →: NASA buys up to five more seats on future Soyuz missionsA Soyuz spacecraft is pictured docked with the International Space Station in this Feb. 3 image. The Florida…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket ready to fly with NROL-79 payload
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket ready to fly with NROL-79 payloadThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands atop Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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Timeline: Atlas 5/NROL-79 launch events
Read more →: Timeline: Atlas 5/NROL-79 launch eventsFollow the unclassified portion of the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent to space from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base…