China Moons Chengdu … with an “Artificial Moon” Satellite to Reflect Sun Into a City
The chairman also said that the artificial moon would be brighter than the actual Moon, but did not state how much the project had cost ...
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The First Satellite Totally Developed in the UAE is Ready for Launch from Japan
increasing efforts to develop this sector by promoting innovation and enhancing the skills of Emirati youth.
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China Launches Two More Beidou Navigation Satellites
A Long March 3B rocket with a Yuanzheng-1 upper stage lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China at 04:23 universal time...
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BepiColombo Spacecraft Build-Up Continues at Arianespace for October 19 Launch Aboard an Ariane 5
Performed in the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building, Ariane 5’s build-up process concluded with the lowering of its ogive-shaped payload fairing...
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Emergency! Expedition 57’s Astronauts’ Harrowing, Life-Threatening Return Trip to Baikonur
"The boys have landed," Mission Control assured the space station crew.
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China Launches Twin Yaogan-32 Remote Sensing Satellites
The satellites, both part of the Yaogan-32 family, were launched by a Long March-2C rocket with an attached upper stage at 10:43 a.m. Beijing time...
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Critical Design Review (CDR) Passed by NOAA’s JPSS-2 Satellite
JPSS-2, or Joint Polar Satellite System-2, will join NOAA-20 in a series of polar-orbiting satellites to monitor the Earth’s atmosphere, land and oceans...
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Prep Continues for BepiColombo Launch
The spacecraft was built under the industrial leadership of Airbus, leading a consortium of 83 companies from 16 countries, for the European Space Agency (ESA) and...
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Teamwork by Astranis and NanoRacks to Launch SEDS Satellite
The Astranis SEDS SAT-2 competition will call on SEDS chapters across the country to submit a design for a novel 1U cubesat that will then be...
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China’s Centispace-1 S1 Experimental Satellite is Launched
The Kuaizhou-1A solid-fueled rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert with authorities declaring success within...
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