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Lockheed Martin’s 2nd GPS III Satellite Ready for Launch
Read more →: Lockheed Martin’s 2nd GPS III Satellite Ready for LaunchLockheed Martin revealed that its second, next-generation GPS III satellite is ready for its planned July 25 launch. On…
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SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch X-ray telescope on reused rocket
Read more →: SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch X-ray telescope on reused rocketFile photo of a Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit:…
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Waiting for Artemis 1 schedule update, official decision on SLS Green Run
Read more →: Waiting for Artemis 1 schedule update, official decision on SLS Green RunA flurry of initiatives announced early in March to find a way to fly Exploration Mission-1 by this…
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China’s Ocean Observation Satellites Put into Operation
Read more →: China’s Ocean Observation Satellites Put into OperationBEIJING, July 2 (China Space News) — China’s two ocean observation satellites, HY-1C and HY-2B, have completed their…
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Scientists Make Breakthrough That Enables Rockets to Orbit Longer
Read more →: Scientists Make Breakthrough That Enables Rockets to Orbit LongerBEIJING, July 8 (China Space News) — Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in cryogenic rocket engine technology…
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Arianespace delays Vega launch to avoid unfavorable high-altitude winds
Read more →: Arianespace delays Vega launch to avoid unfavorable high-altitude windsEDITOR’S NOTE: Launch postponed again Sunday. The Falcon Eye 1 observation satellite, encapsulated inside the Vega rocket’s Swiss-made payload…
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Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage deliver 33 satellites to three different orbits
Read more →: Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage deliver 33 satellites to three different orbitsA Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off at 0541 GMT (1:41 a.m. EDT) Friday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern…
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Shuttle veteran RS-25 engines ready for SLS Core Stage installation ahead of Artemis-1
Read more →: Shuttle veteran RS-25 engines ready for SLS Core Stage installation ahead of Artemis-1The four RS-25 engines for the first launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) have all arrived at…
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Amazon asks FCC for approval of Project Kuiper broadband satellite operation
Read more →: Amazon asks FCC for approval of Project Kuiper broadband satellite operationAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the re:MARS conference in Las Vegas. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Amazon…
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Soyuz-2-1B launches Meteor-M No.2-2 and numerous secondary payloads
Read more →: Soyuz-2-1B launches Meteor-M No.2-2 and numerous secondary payloadsA Soyuz rocket has launched a new weather satellite for the Russian Government Friday, replacing a similar spacecraft…
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Photos: NASA conducts key Orion abort test
Read more →: Photos: NASA conducts key Orion abort testThe Orion test vehicle lifts off on a converted Peacekeeper booster at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) Tuesday…
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GPS satellite encapsulated for Delta 4 launch
Read more →: GPS satellite encapsulated for Delta 4 launchThe U.S. Air Force’s next GPS navigation satellite has been closed up inside the payload fairing of its…