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China puts new communication satellite into orbit for HK company
Read more →: China puts new communication satellite into orbit for HK companyChina on early Saturday morning put a new communication satellite “APSTAR-9” into orbit in a commercial mission by…
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Orbcomm first in Falcon 9’s return-to-flight launch queue
Read more →: Orbcomm first in Falcon 9’s return-to-flight launch queueFile photo of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket before launching six Orbcomm satellites in 2014. Credit: SpaceX Going with…
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Live coverage: Proton rocket launches with Turksat 4B
Read more →: Live coverage: Proton rocket launches with Turksat 4BLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the Turksat 4B communications satellite. Text…
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Satellite launched to beam TV and Internet to the Asia-Pacific
Read more →: Satellite launched to beam TV and Internet to the Asia-PacificA Long March 3B rocket launched with the Apstar 9 telecom satellite at 1616 GMT (12:16 p.m. EDT)…
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Initial Pluto flyby science results published
Read more →: Initial Pluto flyby science results publishedSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION This high-resolution image captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft combines blue,…
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NASA to fly CubeSats on three new commercial launchers
Read more →: NASA to fly CubeSats on three new commercial launchersFile photo of a one-unit (1U) CubeSat. Credit: NASA Ames NASA announced Wednesday it is joining a chorus…
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Turkish telecommunications satellite lifts off from Baikonur
Read more →: Turkish telecommunications satellite lifts off from BaikonurUpdated after spacecraft separation. A Russian Proton rocket boosted a Turkish telecommunications satellite into space Friday after a…
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China aims to go deeper into space
Read more →: China aims to go deeper into spaceAs China’s exploration of the moon progresses, its space experts have begun considering going deeper into the solar…
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China’s new-type airship reaches world-leading level
Read more →: China’s new-type airship reaches world-leading levelChina’s first new type near-space airship “Yuanmeng” was successfully launched in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia on Tuesday. “Yuanmeng” is…
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NASA’s heavy-lift rocket and deep space capsule under new management
Read more →: NASA’s heavy-lift rocket and deep space capsule under new managementMark Kirasich, NASA’s new Orion program manager, inspects Orion spacecraft components. Credit: NASA NASA has announced two veteran…
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Cygnus service module arrives in Florida for station flight
Read more →: Cygnus service module arrives in Florida for station flightThe Cygnus service module for the OA-4 space station resupply mission arrives at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.…
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Lockheed Martin targets up to four commercial Atlas 5s per year
Read more →: Lockheed Martin targets up to four commercial Atlas 5s per yearFile photo of an Atlas 5 rocket launch with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter in November 2013. Credit: NASA/Tony…