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FCC approves SpaceX’s plan to provide broadband services with Starlink satellites
Read more →: FCC approves SpaceX’s plan to provide broadband services with Starlink satellitesSpaceX’s two prototype Starlink satellites are seen on either side of their carrier in advance of February’s…
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DigitalGlobe books two launches with SpaceX for Earth-imaging fleet
Read more →: DigitalGlobe books two launches with SpaceX for Earth-imaging fleetArtist’s illustration of a WorldView Legion satellite. Credit: SSL Two Falcon 9 rockets with reused first stage boosters…
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Webb telescope’s launch delayed until 2020
Read more →: Webb telescope’s launch delayed until 2020The James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror and instrument section, known as the Optical Telescope element and Integrated Science…
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NASA delays Webb Space Telescope’s liftoff to 2020, says it may bust $8B budget
Read more →: NASA delays Webb Space Telescope’s liftoff to 2020, says it may bust $8B budgetAn artist’s conception shows the James Webb Space Telescope with its five-layered, foldable sunshield. Issues with the sunshield…
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Ground equipment problem slips next Falcon 9 launch to Friday
Read more →: Ground equipment problem slips next Falcon 9 launch to FridayFile photo of an Iridium Next satellite. Credit: Thales Alenia Space Trouble with a piece of ground equipment…
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Relativity Space raises $35 million to boost 3-D printed rocket venture to new heights
Read more →: Relativity Space raises $35 million to boost 3-D printed rocket venture to new heightsAn illustration shows how Relativity Space’s Stargate metal 3-D printer compares with the height of a human. (Relativity…
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Boeing HorizonX joins $15M funding round for Australia’s Myriota IoT satellite venture
Read more →: Boeing HorizonX joins $15M funding round for Australia’s Myriota IoT satellite ventureMyriota makes use of a satellite-based communications system to monitor Internet of Things devices. (Myriota via YouTube) Boeing’s…
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Do rockets blast away the ozone layer? It’s no biggie today … but watch the skies
Read more →: Do rockets blast away the ozone layer? It’s no biggie today … but watch the skiesThe dark exhaust seen streaming from the Merlin engines on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched last…
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Soyuz spacecraft with crew of three docks with space station
Read more →: Soyuz spacecraft with crew of three docks with space stationEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 GMT) after hatch opening. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH…
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Space Launch System, planetary exploration get big boosts in NASA budget
Read more →: Space Launch System, planetary exploration get big boosts in NASA budgetArtist’s illustration of the Space Launch System. Credit: NASA NASA’s planned rocket to send humans back to the…
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Atlas 5 rocket assembled for first Mars mission launch from Vandenberg
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for first Mars mission launch from VandenbergThe Atlas 5’s first stage booster for the InSight mission arrives at Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg…
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Space station crew returns to full strength with trio’s arrival on Russian Soyuz craft
Read more →: Space station crew returns to full strength with trio’s arrival on Russian Soyuz craftNews Brief: Two days after their launch, a fresh trio of spacefliers floated through the International Space Station’s…