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Vega launch timeline with PRISMA
Read more →: Vega launch timeline with PRISMAThe Italian PRISMA Earth observation satellite is set to ride a Vega launcher into a 382-mile-high (615-kilometer) orbit…
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Tethers Unlimited says two-way radio for small satellites has aced first orbital test
Read more →: Tethers Unlimited says two-way radio for small satellites has aced first orbital testThe software-defined SWIFT-SLX S-band radio is designed to fit on a CubeSat-class satellite. (Tethers Unlimited Photo) Tethers Unlimited…
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Live coverage: Vega rocket launches with Italian hyperspectral imaging satellite
Read more →: Live coverage: Vega rocket launches with Italian hyperspectral imaging satelliteLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the PRISMA hyperspectral imaging satellite for…
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Photos: Delta 4 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Photos: Delta 4 rocket blasts off from Cape CanaveralA hydrogen-fueled main engine and four solid rocket boosters combined to propel a United Launch Alliance Delta 4…
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Surprise! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe catches asteroid spewing bits into space
Read more →: Surprise! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe catches asteroid spewing bits into spaceThis view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 19 was created by combining two…
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Beresheet lander on course for the moon
Read more →: Beresheet lander on course for the moonA camera on-board the Beresheet lander captured this view of Earth from a distance of more than 23,000…
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft finds particles flying off asteroid Bennu
Read more →: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft finds particles flying off asteroid BennuThe navigation camera on NASA’s robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft detected material streaming away from asteroid Bennu in this images…
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Investors commit another $1.25 billion to fund OneWeb’s internet satellite system
Read more →: Investors commit another $1.25 billion to fund OneWeb’s internet satellite systemAn artist’s conception shows a OneWeb satellite in orbit. (OneWeb Illustration) The international OneWeb consortium says it’s raised…
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As Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary nears, space fans get ready to celebrate
Read more →: As Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary nears, space fans get ready to celebrateLisa Young, conservator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, adjusts the gloves that Apollo astronaut…
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Delta 4 rocket launches Air Force’s 10th WGS broadband satellite
Read more →: Delta 4 rocket launches Air Force’s 10th WGS broadband satelliteA United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rockets lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Friday…
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Live coverage: Delta 4 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Live coverage: Delta 4 rocket launches from Cape CanaveralLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket with the U.S.…
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Photos: Mobile gantry retracted at Delta 4 launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Mobile gantry retracted at Delta 4 launch padThese photos show the 330-foot-tall mobile service tower moving into position for liftoff of a Delta 4 rocket…