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Russian weather satellite lifts off aboard Zenit rocket
Read more →: Russian weather satellite lifts off aboard Zenit rocketA weather satellite to help civilian and military forecasters track storm systems over Russia’s vast territory launched from…
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COMSTAC Weighs Expanding US Access to India’s Launch Services
Read more →: COMSTAC Weighs Expanding US Access to India’s Launch Services[Via Satellite 12-11-2015] The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) and its International…
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Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan, bringing three station crewmen back to Earth
Read more →: Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan, bringing three station crewmen back to EarthSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kimiya Yui, Oleg Kononenko and Kjell Lindgren bid goodbye to their…
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Orbcomm, SES Prepare for SpaceX Falcon 9 Missions in December and January
Read more →: Orbcomm, SES Prepare for SpaceX Falcon 9 Missions in December and January[Via Satellite 12-11-2015] SpaceX customer Orbcomm announced its launch provider is planning to conduct the static fire of…
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Rare after-dark landing brings space station trio home for the holidays
Read more →: Rare after-dark landing brings space station trio home for the holidaysNASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren makes his first call home after descending to Kazakhstan in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft…
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Live coverage: International crew lands in Kazakhstan
Read more →: Live coverage: International crew lands in KazakhstanLive coverage of the Expedition 45 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there…
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NASA’s New Horizons mission colorizes Pluto’s close-up – and zooms in on its pits
Read more →: NASA’s New Horizons mission colorizes Pluto’s close-up – and zooms in on its pitsThis enhanced color mosaic combines image data from two cameras on NASA’s New Horizons probe. (Credit: NASA /…
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Zhang Dejiang Visited Lao Sat-1 Ground Station
Read more →: Zhang Dejiang Visited Lao Sat-1 Ground StationBEIJING, Dec. 9 (China Space News) — Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s…
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CNES, EUMETSAT Reach Agreement on MetOp Satellites IASI-NG Instruments
Read more →: CNES, EUMETSAT Reach Agreement on MetOp Satellites IASI-NG Instruments[Via Satellite 12-10-2015] The French Space Agency CNES and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites…
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Raytheon Outlines Production Plan for FAB-T
Read more →: Raytheon Outlines Production Plan for FAB-T[Via Satellite 12-09-2015] Earlier this fall, Raytheon reached the final marker, Milestone C, for the Family of Advanced…
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Lawmakers geek out over Washington state’s rising space industry
Read more →: Lawmakers geek out over Washington state’s rising space industryEmployees at Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Wash., cheer as they watch the landing of the company’s New…
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Wade Larson Becomes UrtheCast CEO
Read more →: Wade Larson Becomes UrtheCast CEO[Via Satellite 12-10-2015] UrtheCast co-founder Wade Larson has accepted the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective immediately,…