Tag: Launch
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Iran fails in satellite launch attempt
A Simorgh rocket lifted off Sunday from Iran but could not place its satellite payload into orbit. Credit: IRNA Iranian government officials admitted Sunday that an attempt to place a small Earth-imaging satellite into orbit was unsuccessful, the fourth consecutive launch failure for the country’s space program. A Simorgh rocket launched at around 1545 GMT…
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Antares launch timeline on the NG-13 mission
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated for third launch attempt Feb. 15. The Antares launch timeline for the NG-12 mission. Credit: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Saturday to begin a pursuit of the International Space Station. The rocket’s two RD-181 engines will ignite around 3.7 seconds before liftoff from pad…
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Atlas 5/Solar Orbiter launch timeline
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the European-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft to study the sun. Launch is scheduled 11:03 p.m. EST Sunday (0403 GMT Monday) at the opening of a two-hour launch window. The 189-foot-tall (57.6-meter) rocket will arc to the…
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Live coverage: Antares rocket launch scrubbed in Virginia
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 13th operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”Wallops Clean Feed”] [tabbyending]
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Antares rocket, Cygnus supply ship readied for space station cargo flight
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket stands vertical at launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, in preparation for liftoff Sunday at 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT) with a Cygnus supply ship en route to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani A commercial Cygnus resupply ship named for Robert H.…
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Japan launches optical spy satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after launch. An H-2A rocket lifted off at 10:34 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Monday from the Tanegashima Space Center with a Japanese intelligence-gathering satellite. Credit: NVS video Japan launched an optical reconnaissance satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center Sunday aboard an H-2A rocket after a 12-day delay caused by a nitrogen leak.…
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Florida launch base to be renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Two reusable rocket boosters land at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after the successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket with the Arabsat 6A satellite April 12, 2019. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by James Rainier The military-run spaceport at Cape Canaveral will soon be renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to reflect the facility’s…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 launches from Cape Canaveral with Solar Orbiter
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission developed in partnership with NASA. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV’s live video coverage of the Atlas 5 launch will begin at 10:30 p.m. EST on Feb. 9 (0330 GMT on…
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SpaceX considers Starlink spinoff as teams ready for mid-February launch
A view of the 60 Starlink satellites stacked before a launch in January. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX says it is considering spinning off its Starlink broadband Internet project into a separate company, while teams at Cape Canaveral ready to launch around 60 more of the flat-panel data relay nodes into Earth orbit as soon as Feb.…
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SpaceX wins contract to launch NASA’s PACE Earth science mission
A Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad in this file photo. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has won an $80 million contract to launch a NASA environmental research satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in late 2022 to collect data on ocean ecosystems and clouds, a mission that…