UPDATE: Arianespace Flight VV15 Launch is Delayed Again
With high-altitude winds above the Spaceport in French Guiana remaining unfavorable, Arianespace has taken the decision not to attempt a launch of...
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The SpaceX Plans for Launch of Starship … 2021 is Target
With a goal of reaching orbit as quickly as possible, Hofeller stated such could occur before the close of 2019 and that by the end of 2020, a full...
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Dress Rehearsal for Space and Missile Systems Center’s Orion’s First Ever Launch Abort System
“Over 50 years ago, a mission manager sat on this console using analog systems and vacuum tubes. Today, I will be using a digital computer system"
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Now Ready for Launch is the Ball Aerospace Smallsat for NASA’s GPIM Mission
Ball built the smallsat, which contains NASA's first opportunity to demonstrate a new "green" propellant and propulsion system in orbit – an...
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Maxar Technologies Reports All is Well with the EUTELSAT 7C Satellite
The satellite launched on June 20 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the Arianespace launch base in Kourou, French Guiana. EUTELSAT 7C...
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Bad Batteries Cause Launch Delay of U.S.A.F.’s AEHF-5 Mission
Atlas V is tailored to the needs of its passenger by adding as many as five side-mounted solid rocket boosters for increased lift performance and a ...
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UPDATE: The Russian Spektr-RG Space Observatory Launch Now Pushed Out to July
The Spektr-RG is the joint Russian-German project intended to create a detailed map of the sky in the X-ray band. The space observatory will be...
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Space and Missile Systems Center Reveals Many Firsts in the ‘Summer of Launch’ Program
Space Test Program-2, scheduled on June 24, will be the first DOD mission to fly on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and the first to use previously flown flight hardware.
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They’ll Be the First … Visat-3’s Commercial Launch on Next-Gen Ariane 64
The A64 launcher is expected to maintain launch quality and reliability, but with added mission effectiveness, efficiency and flexibility. The A64 launch...
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Arianespace Begins Preparations for Flight VA248’s Launch of AT&t’s T-16 and EUTELSAT 7-C
The Launch Readiness Review (LRR) will take place on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 in Kourou to authorize the start of operations for the final countdown.
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