Tag: Launch
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Small satellite launcher set for first orbital test flight this week
The Electron rocket at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand’s North Island during a May 16 wet dress rehearsal. Credit: Rocket Lab The first test flight of Rocket Lab’s commercially-developed Electron launcher was held up by weather Sunday, but conditions could improve for a launch attempt Monday from New Zealand…
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AR1 engine clears milestone in step toward ending U.S. reliance on Russian propulsion
Aerojet Rocketdyne tests its AR1 engine preburner, which was built using a proprietary alloy and 3-D printing technology, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. Credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne A rocket engine that could power United Launch Alliance’s next-generation rocket has passed a major design review, clearing the way for full-scale hotfire testing starting next year and certification…
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Live coverage: Russian rocket launches Boeing-made satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with the SES 15 commercial communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at 1139 GMT (7:39 a.m. EDT).
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Soyuz meets multipurpose SES-owned telecom satellite for Thursday launch
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – J. Durrenberger A commercial communications satellite will blast off Thursday from French Guiana on top of a Soyuz rocket, on the way to a station over the Americas to supply bandwidth to airline travelers and broadcasters in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The SES 15…
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After static fire, Falcon 9 prepares to meet Inmarsat payload
Ten days after the last liftoff from historic launch pad 39A in Florida, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its Merlin main engines for several seconds in a hold-down firing Thursday ahead of a planned expendable flight next week with an Inmarsat communications satellite. The two-stage rocket was filled with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and…
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After static fire, Falcon 9 prepares to meet Inmarsat payload
Ten days after the last liftoff from historic launch pad 39A in Florida, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited its Merlin main engines for several seconds in a hold-down firing Thursday ahead of a planned expendable flight next week with an Inmarsat communications satellite. The two-stage rocket was filled with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Monday
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite for mobile broadband connectivity. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Monday
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite for mobile broadband connectivity. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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First core of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket fired in Texas
The center section of SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket has been test-fired at the launch company’s test facility in Central Texas, a sign of progress toward the behemoth booster’s long-delayed maiden mission scheduled some time in the final months of 2017. The core stage is a modified version of the first stage that powers SpaceX’s…
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First core of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket fired in Texas
The center section of SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket has been test-fired at the launch company’s test facility in Central Texas, a sign of progress toward the behemoth booster’s long-delayed maiden mission scheduled some time in the final months of 2017. The core stage is a modified version of the first stage that powers SpaceX’s…