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Atlas 5 rocket rehearses countdown for upcoming launch to Asteroid Bennu
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket rehearses countdown for upcoming launch to Asteroid BennuThe venting Atlas 5 during today’s WDR. Credit: NASA-KSC/Kim Shiflett CAPE CANAVERAL — Running through a practice countdown…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for launch of asteroid sample return probe
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for launch of asteroid sample return probeAt Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility, adjacent to the Complex 41 launch pad, workers with United Launch Alliance…
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CRS-9 Dragon completes homecoming, concludes successful mission
Read more →: CRS-9 Dragon completes homecoming, concludes successful missionSpaceX’s CRS-9 Dragon spacecraft departed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, following a highly successful Commercial…
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Pow! Rosetta probe spots comet eruption
Read more →: Pow! Rosetta probe spots comet eruptionThe OSIRIS wide-angle camera on the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe captured this view of an outburst from…
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Optus Dots Australia’s Northern Territory with Satellite Small Cell Connectivity
Read more →: Optus Dots Australia’s Northern Territory with Satellite Small Cell Connectivity[Via Satellite 08-25-2016] Optus is adding satellite-enabled small cells to 12 remote, but frequently visited locations in Australia’s…
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Offshore Drilling Company Renews RigNet Managed Services Contract
Read more →: Offshore Drilling Company Renews RigNet Managed Services ContractOil rig. Photo: Pete Markham, available under a creative commons license. [Via Satellite 08-25-2016] A global offshore drilling…
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Orbcomm Gains LJ Rogers Trucking Contract
Read more →: Orbcomm Gains LJ Rogers Trucking Contract[Via Satellite 08-25-2016] Orbcomm has received a contract from L.J. Rogers Trucking to provide an asset tracking solution…
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Kodiak Island spaceport reopens following 2014 launch failure
Read more →: Kodiak Island spaceport reopens following 2014 launch failureA rededication and ribbon cutting ceremony has taken place at the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA) to…
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This galaxy is made of 99.99% dark matter
Read more →: This galaxy is made of 99.99% dark matterThe dark galaxy Dragonfly 44 appears to have about as much mass as our own Milky Way galaxy,…
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Ariane 5 sets new record via the lofting of Intelsat pair
Read more →: Ariane 5 sets new record via the lofting of Intelsat pairArianespace successfully launched its fourth Ariane 5 mission of the year with the deployment of two more telecommunication…
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Proxima Centauri b confirmed! Potentially habitable planet orbits the star next door
Read more →: Proxima Centauri b confirmed! Potentially habitable planet orbits the star next doorAn artist’s conception shows Proxima Centauri b orbiting its parent star, a red dwarf, with the two other…
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Launch timeline for the Ariane 5 rocket’s 87th flight
Read more →: Launch timeline for the Ariane 5 rocket’s 87th flightAn Ariane 5 rocket will fire into the sky from French Guiana just after sunset Wednesday and deliver…