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Chinese rocket deploys third Tianhui mapping satellite
Read more →: Chinese rocket deploys third Tianhui mapping satelliteA Long March 2D rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan launch center Monday with the Tianhui 1C mapping…
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CGWIC and APT Satellite Signs APSTAR-6C Satellite Contract
Read more →: CGWIC and APT Satellite Signs APSTAR-6C Satellite ContractBEIJING, Oct. 23 (China Space News) — On 17 October 2015, APT Satellite Company Limited (APT Satellite) entered…
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Assembly complete for NASA’s asteroid sample return spacecraft
Read more →: Assembly complete for NASA’s asteroid sample return spacecraftTechnicians recently installed OSIRIS-REx’s solar panels and high-gain antenna. Credit: Lockheed Martin NASA’s first asteroid-sampling probe, OSIRIS-REx, has…
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Atlas 5/GPS 2F-11 launch timeline
Read more →: Atlas 5/GPS 2F-11 launch timelineFollow the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad with the U.S.…
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Bags are packed inside Cygnus commercial cargo freighter
Read more →: Bags are packed inside Cygnus commercial cargo freighterTechnicians load cargo inside the Cygnus spacecraft’s pressurized supply section in this photo taken Oct. 20. Credit: NASA/Dimitri…
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Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia viewed from orbit
Read more →: Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia viewed from orbitThe VIIRS instrument on the joint NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP weather satellite in polar orbit captured this infrared view…
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Kerberos unleashed at last: Pluto’s dog-bone moon poses another mystery
Read more →: Kerberos unleashed at last: Pluto’s dog-bone moon poses another mysteryThis image of Kerberos was created by combining four individual images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager…
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Hurricane Patricia looks scary from space: Satellites track storm as it menaces Mexico
Read more →: Hurricane Patricia looks scary from space: Satellites track storm as it menaces MexicoAn infrared image from the Suomi NPP satellite’s VIIRS instrument shows the well-defined eye of Hurricane Patricia as…
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NASA completes SLS design review, confirms rocket to be orange
Read more →: NASA completes SLS design review, confirms rocket to be orangeArtist concept of the Block 1 configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). The SLS program has completed…
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China’s hi-res mapping satellite sends back more visual data
Read more →: China’s hi-res mapping satellite sends back more visual dataThe Ziyuan III satellite, China’s first high-resolution stereo mapping satellite for civilian use, has sent back visual data…
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Atlas 5 receives payload for third launch this month
Read more →: Atlas 5 receives payload for third launch this monthFile photo. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Heading to space next week to replace a 12-year-old satellite in…
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Oxia Planum tops list of landing sites for ExoMars rover
Read more →: Oxia Planum tops list of landing sites for ExoMars roverArtist’s concept of the ExoMars rover. Credit: ESA Scientists have selected Oxia Planum, a shallow basin connected to…