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Ariane 6 rockets likely to be assembled horizontally
Read more →: Ariane 6 rockets likely to be assembled horizontallyUpdated June 25. Artist’s concept of the Ariane 6 rocket in its “Ariane 64” configuration with four solid…
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Russian military satellite launched from Plesetsk
Read more →: Russian military satellite launched from PlesetskThe Soyuz rocket lifted off at 1644 GMT (12:44 p.m. EDT) from the Plesestsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.…
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New Horizons in good shape approaching Pluto
Read more →: New Horizons in good shape approaching PlutoSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION These images, taken by New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI),…
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Stacking of 55th Atlas 5 rocket starts
Read more →: Stacking of 55th Atlas 5 rocket startsFile image of Atlas first stage stacking. Credit: NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Beginning its fourth launch campaign of…
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New satellite joins Europe’s growing Earth observing network
Read more →: New satellite joins Europe’s growing Earth observing networkThe Vega rocket with Sentinel 2A blasted off at 0151:58 GMT Tuesday (9:51:58 p.m. EDT Monday) from Kourou,…
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Photos: Vega launch lights up French Guiana
Read more →: Photos: Vega launch lights up French GuianaMonday night’s blastoff of a Vega rocket from the northern shore of South America dispatched a 2,500-pound Earth…
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Live coverage: Vega rocket deploys second Sentinel satellite
Read more →: Live coverage: Vega rocket deploys second Sentinel satelliteLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the Sentinel 2A land imaging satellite.…
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‘Europe’s Landsat’ in the starting blocks
Read more →: ‘Europe’s Landsat’ in the starting blocksArtist’s concept of the Sentinel 2A satellite in orbit. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab The first in a planned multi-decade…
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SAIC Officially Starting Entity Operation
Read more →: SAIC Officially Starting Entity OperationJune 5, Shanghai Aerospace Industry (Holding) Co., Ltd. (SAIC) officially launched its entity operation, which is a key…
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Jason 3 satellite shipped to Vandenberg for SpaceX launch
Read more →: Jason 3 satellite shipped to Vandenberg for SpaceX launchArtist’s concept of the Jason 3 satellite in orbit. Credit: Thales Alenia Space-D. Ducros An international oceanography satellite…
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For comet scientists, elation and redemption at Philae’s wakeup
Read more →: For comet scientists, elation and redemption at Philae’s wakeupArtist’s concept of Philae. Credit: ESA Research teams across Europe spent the last half-year meticulously going through a…
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Saturn moon’s ice canyons viewed by Cassini
Read more →: Saturn moon’s ice canyons viewed by CassiniCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI Saturn’s moon Dione received a fleeting visitor this week, when NASA’s Cassini spacecraft whizzed by to…