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China’s heaviest satellite positioned in geosynchronous orbit
Read more →: China’s heaviest satellite positioned in geosynchronous orbitChina’s heaviest and most advanced satellite, Shijian-20, reached its fixed position in geosynchronous orbit Sunday, marking the first…
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Blue Origin takes one giant leap across the street to space venture’s new HQ in Kent
Read more →: Blue Origin takes one giant leap across the street to space venture’s new HQ in KentBlue Origin CEO Bob Smith addresses a crowd of VIPs and employees at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the…
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SpaceX launches third batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites, reviving concerns
Read more →: SpaceX launches third batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites, reviving concernsSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from its launch pad, sending Starlink satellites into space. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX…
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China publishes Chang’e 4 data one year after first landing on far side of the moon
Read more →: China publishes Chang’e 4 data one year after first landing on far side of the moonThe Yutu 2 rover is pictured on the far side of the moon soon after landing in January…
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Stacking of ULA’s next Atlas 5 rocket begins at Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Stacking of ULA’s next Atlas 5 rocket begins at Cape CanaveralUnited Launch Alliance teams began stacking an Atlas 5 rocket inside a vertical hangar at Cape Canaveral Monday…
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NASA’s TESS probe chalks up its first Earth-sized planet in habitable zone, plus a ‘Tatooine’ planet
Read more →: NASA’s TESS probe chalks up its first Earth-sized planet in habitable zone, plus a ‘Tatooine’ planetAstronomers report that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has detected its first Earth-sized planet lying in…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches on first mission of 2020
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches on first mission of 2020Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral…
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SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of record-setting Starlink launch
Read more →: SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of record-setting Starlink launchThe Falcon 9 rocket slated to launch SpaceX’s third batch of Starlink broadband satellites was test-fired Jan. 4…
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SpaceX drawing up plans for mobile gantry at launch pad 39A
Read more →: SpaceX drawing up plans for mobile gantry at launch pad 39AEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 27, 2020, with artist’s rendering and dimensions of the mobile gantry. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy…
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Long March, Soyuz and Falcon rockets topped 2019’s launch leaderboard
Read more →: Long March, Soyuz and Falcon rockets topped 2019’s launch leaderboardA Soyuz-FG booster lifts off July 20, 2019, with the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying Alexander Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano…
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Good weather predicted for Cape Canaveral’s first launch of 2020
Read more →: Good weather predicted for Cape Canaveral’s first launch of 2020File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now…
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NASA’s next Mars rover will soon ship to Cape Canaveral launch site
Read more →: NASA’s next Mars rover will soon ship to Cape Canaveral launch siteThe Mars 2020 rover inside the Spacecraft Assembly Facility high bay Dec. 27 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…