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Rocket Lab prepares to launch historic CubeSat mission for NASA
Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)
A nine-day launch window for the ELaNa-19 mission will open between 13 - 21 December 2018, UTC. Within this window, lift-off is scheduled between 04:00 and 08:0...
SpaceX launches cargo, but fails to land rocket
Dec 05, 2018 (SPX)
"We have had a great liftoff," said SpaceX commentator John Insprucker, as the Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sunny, blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1...
Moldy mouse food postpones SpaceX launch
Dec 04, 2018 (AFP)
The launch was initially set for Tuesday. The new time is 1:16 pm (1816 GMT) Wednesday. "The launch was moved to Wednesday after mold was found on food bars for...
Arianespace Orbits GSAT-11 and Geo-Kompsat-2A for India and South Korea
Dec 04, 2018 (ESA)
The sixth Ariane 5 launch of the year took place on Tuesday, December 4 at 5:37 pm (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in French...
SPACE-SI selects Arianespace to launch the NEMO-HD microsat on VEGA
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
NEMO-HD, the microsatellite for Earth monitoring and observation in high-definition, will be capable of performing real-time imaging and video streaming over Sl...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches 64 satellites into space
Dec 02, 2018 (UPI)
The flight was third for this particular Falcon 9 rocket. No SpaceX rocket has yet flown more than two missions. "Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falc...
NASA chief says Elon Musk won't be smoking joints publicly again
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
Although NASA initially declined to confirm media reports that the review was prompted by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's appearance on a filmed podcast in which he was ...
ARIANESPACE to launch Indian and Korean GEO satellites
Nov 28, 2018 (SPX)
To be installed as Ariane 5's upper passenger, GSAT-11 is an operational telecommunication satellite designed and manufactured by ISRO. To be positioned at 74 d...
S. Korea successfully tests space rocket engine
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
Video footage showed the single-stage rocket, propelled by a liquid fuel engine, lift off from the Naro Space Center on the southern coast and surge into the sk...
SpaceX to carry more than 20 new experiments to ISS
Nov 28, 2018 (UPI)
SpaceX's Dragon capsule is scheduled to be carried into space by the company's Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 4. The rocket and payload will launch from Space Launch C...
Andre-Hubert Roussel Proposed CEO of ArianeGroup
Nov 27, 2018 (SPX)
Alain Charmeau, an accomplished executive in the aerospace industry, will retire in 2019 after a transition phase from 1 January to 31 March 2019, during which ...
Focus on Vega developments
Nov 26, 2018 (ESA)
A proof of concept flight on Vega of the Small Spacecraft Mission Service is planned for mid-2019. It offers more low cost ride-share launch opportunities into ...
RUAG Space signs MOA with Australian rocket company Gilmour Space
Nov 26, 2018 (SPX)
The memorandum of agreement, the first of its kind in Australia, explores the use of RUAG Space's new range of FlexLine carbon composite products in Gilmour Spa...
MIURA-1 will be launched from INTA's El Arenosillo Experimentation Center in 2019
Nov 23, 2018 (SPX)
A year ahead for this great milestone in the history of PLD Space, INTA and the aerospace company have reaffirmed their commitment to carry out the first space ...
Vega launches Earth observation satellite for Morocco
Nov 21, 2018 (ESA)
Liftoff of Vega's 13th mission from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana came at 01:42 GMT on 21 November (02:42 CET; 22:42 local time on 20 November). W...
Probing the Plume
Nov 21, 2018 (SPX)
Wrapped in clear brown tape to protect it from the erosion of the exhaust, the probes are measuring the properties of the plasma in the plume to determine how e...
SpaceX's Elon Musk renames his big rocket Starship
Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)
BFR has long been the unofficial name of the rocket, which is still under development. The letters were initially presumed to stand for "Big Fucking Rocket," be...
Portugal builds spaceport in the Azores
Nov 20, 2018 (ESA)
Fourteen enterprises from the US, Russia, Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal have submitted applications for the first stage of Atlantic I...
DLR is developing a reusable rocket engine for launching small satellites
Nov 20, 2018 (SPX)
n the coming years, hundreds of such small satellites will be carried into Earth orbit. As part of the EU project SMILE (Small Innovative Launcher for Europe), ...
A job and a half for first Eurostar Neo mission
Nov 20, 2018 (ESA)
Eurostar Neo's first home in space will be at 13E on the geostationary arc, where two of its platforms will host identical Eutelsat HOTBIRD payloads, and help t...
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