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Next round of U.S. optical spy satellites to start launching in 2018
Read more →: Next round of U.S. optical spy satellites to start launching in 2018Credit: Pat Corkery/ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The covert follow-on satellite program that will serve as a replacement to…
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Bezos’ Blue Origin completes first test flight of ‘New Shepard’ spacecraft
Read more →: Bezos’ Blue Origin completes first test flight of ‘New Shepard’ spacecraftSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Blue Origin, a rocket engine and spacecraft development company…
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Messenger mission ends with plunge into Mercury
Read more →: Messenger mission ends with plunge into MercuryArtist’s concept of the Messenger spacecraft flying over Mercury’s surface displayed in enhanced color. The crater ringed by…
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Surface markings show up in newest Pluto imagery
Read more →: Surface markings show up in newest Pluto imageryImages of Pluto and its moon Charon taken by New Horizons from April 12-18 show the dwarf planet’s…
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Progress failure probe narrows in on separation from rocket
Read more →: Progress failure probe narrows in on separation from rocketFile photo of a Russian Progress supply ship during rendezvous with the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Something…
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Arabsat contracts go to Lockheed Martin, Arianespace and SpaceX
Read more →: Arabsat contracts go to Lockheed Martin, Arianespace and SpaceXArtist’s concept of the Lockheed Martin-built Arabsat 6A and HellasSat 4/SaudiGeoSat 1 satellites. Credit: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin…
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Russia gives up on Progress supply ship docking
Read more →: Russia gives up on Progress supply ship dockingSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of a Russian Progress supply freighter on approach to…
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China’s satellite navigation system to expand coverage globally by 2020
Read more →: China’s satellite navigation system to expand coverage globally by 2020The Beidou satellite navigation system will be fully operational worldwide by 2020, said Li Jian, deputy director of…
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17th Beidou navigation satellite functions in orbit
Read more →: 17th Beidou navigation satellite functions in orbitA new-generation satellite for China’s global navigation and positioning network has entered its designed work orbit, the satellite’s…
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Photos: Telecom satellites blast off from the jungle
Read more →: Photos: Telecom satellites blast off from the jungleLook back on Sunday’s launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s jungle spaceport in French Guiana with…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rockets into dusky sky
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 rockets into dusky skySpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on Monday after a 49-minute weather hold to wait for…
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Russians scramble to restore cargo ship communications
Read more →: Russians scramble to restore cargo ship communicationsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION — Updated at 10:05 AM ET: Progress spacecraft spinning;…