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Soyuz rolled to launch pad for first geostationary launch from French Guiana
Read more →: Soyuz rolled to launch pad for first geostationary launch from French GuianaA Soyuz rocket was transferred to the launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday for a flight at…
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H-2A rocket primed for launch of Japanese military communications satellite
Read more →: H-2A rocket primed for launch of Japanese military communications satelliteFile photo of an H-2A rocket on its launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The rocket slated…
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European engineers studying string of clock failures on Galileo navigation satellites
Read more →: European engineers studying string of clock failures on Galileo navigation satellitesArtist’s concept of a Galileo satellite. Credit: OHB A wave of clock failures on Europe’s Galileo navigation satellites…
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America’s newest weather satellite sends glorious pictures of Earth (and the moon)
Read more →: America’s newest weather satellite sends glorious pictures of Earth (and the moon)This composite color full-disk image from GOES-16, focusing on North and South America, was acquired at 10:07 a.m.…
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New U.S. weather satellite with improved camera sends back first images
Read more →: New U.S. weather satellite with improved camera sends back first imagesThis full-disk image over the Americas was captured by GOES-16’s Advanced Baseline Imager at 1807 GMT (1:07 p.m.…
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Boeing hints that it’ll unveil its Starliner spacesuits – and maybe who’ll wear them
Read more →: Boeing hints that it’ll unveil its Starliner spacesuits – and maybe who’ll wear themA quick shot from a Boeing video shows a Starliner patch on a blue spacesuit. (Boeing Photo) Boeing’s…
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China’s First Cargo Spacecraft to Leave Factory
Read more →: China’s First Cargo Spacecraft to Leave FactoryBEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — China’s first cargo spacecraft will leave the factory, according to the website of…
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China Receives Imagery from High-resolution Remote Sensing Satellites
Read more →: China Receives Imagery from High-resolution Remote Sensing SatellitesBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — China has received images from a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches SBIRS GEO Flight 3
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 launches SBIRS GEO Flight 3Launching a highly sophisticated infrared surveillance satellite for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket…
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New Horizons to continue mission of discovery with Kuiper Belt encounter
Read more →: New Horizons to continue mission of discovery with Kuiper Belt encounterArtist’s impression of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt object. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI/Alex Parker Scientists planning the…
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Japanese spacecraft spots planet-spanning wave on Venus
Read more →: Japanese spacecraft spots planet-spanning wave on VenusIn these images from Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft, a stationary bow wave is seen on Venus over several days…
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Atlas 5 rocket successfully delivers vital national asset into space
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket successfully delivers vital national asset into spaceCAPE CANAVERAL — A new infrared reconnaissance satellite for one of the United States’ highest priority space programs…