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Skywatchers: Get your Iridium flare fix now
Read more →: Skywatchers: Get your Iridium flare fix nowUpdated after successful launch. File photo of an Iridium flare. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now The launch of the…
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Live coverage: SpaceX resumes launches from California
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX resumes launches from CaliforniaLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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SpaceX returns to flight with Iridium satellite launch – and rocket landing!
Read more →: SpaceX returns to flight with Iridium satellite launch – and rocket landing!SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket…
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SpaceX resumes flights with on-target launch for Iridium
Read more →: SpaceX resumes flights with on-target launch for IridiumA Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Central Coast at 9:54:39 a.m. PST (12:54:39 p.m. EST; 1754:39…
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Japan’s SS-520 fails during TRICOM-1 launch to demo small rocket capability
Read more →: Japan’s SS-520 fails during TRICOM-1 launch to demo small rocket capabilityJapan conducted an experimental launch, using a modified SS-520 sounding rocket to place a CubeSat, TRICOM-1, into low…
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UltiSat to Supply Satellite Bandwidth to Geospatial Intelligence Missions
Read more →: UltiSat to Supply Satellite Bandwidth to Geospatial Intelligence Missions[Via Satellite 01-13-2017] The Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DISA-DITCO) has awarded a Commercial…
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UltiSat to Supply Satellite Bandwidth to Geospatial Intelligence Missions
Read more →: UltiSat to Supply Satellite Bandwidth to Geospatial Intelligence Missions[Via Satellite 01-13-2017] The Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DISA-DITCO) has awarded a Commercial…
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Spacewalkers finish swapping batteries
Read more →: Spacewalkers finish swapping batteriesNASA astronaut Peggy Whitson helps Thomas Pesquet (left) and Shane Kimbrough (right) suit up for a spacewalk. (NASA…
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SpaceX Returns To Flight with Iridium NEXT launch – and landing
Read more →: SpaceX Returns To Flight with Iridium NEXT launch – and landingSpaceX returned its Falcon 9 rocket to flight Saturday with a mission that delivered ten Iridium NEXT communications…
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Falcon 9 rocket ready for all-important return to service Saturday
Read more →: Falcon 9 rocket ready for all-important return to service SaturdayThe Falcon 9 rocket with 10 Iridium Next communications satellites inside SpaceX’s hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base,…
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Station astronauts complete second battery swap spacewalk
Read more →: Station astronauts complete second battery swap spacewalkSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Shane Kimbrough, left, maneuvers a battery adapter plate into position at…
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Timeline for Falcon 9 rocket’s launch of 10 Iridium satellites
Read more →: Timeline for Falcon 9 rocket’s launch of 10 Iridium satellitesFollow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with the first 10 next-generation satellites…