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Modified Proton-M carrier rocket to be first launched in 2019
Jun 28, 2017 (Sputnik)
The Proton-M is the largest carrier rocket in Russia's fleet of space launch vehicles. The rocket has lifted dozens of Russian and foreign satellites into orbit...
ArianeGroup signs contract with ESA to develop Prometheus engine
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
"This signing underlines our determination to prepare now for the future of Europe's launchers beyond 2030, while pulling out all the stops to ensure an Ariane ...
Amtrak to SpaceX Launch, Wifi hack, Spectacular trip, But where's my SatPhone...
Jun 26, 2017 (SPX)
My brain clicks the shutter as quick as I could, firing off 50 shots before separation. Poof and SpaceX made its own cloud that just hung around as the rocket c...
India launches PSLV rocket with 31 satellites
Jun 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
"India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its 40th flight (PSLV-C38), launched the 712 kg [0.7 tonnes] Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation and 3...
SLS Core Stage Production Continues for Rocket's First Flight
Jun 26, 2017 (SPX)
For the first SLS flight for deep space exploration with NASA's Orion spacecraft, major structural manufacturing is complete on three parts: the forward skirt, ...
Amtrak to SpaceX Launch, Wifi hack, Spectacular trip, But where's my SatPhone...
Jun 26, 2017 (SPX)
My brain clicks the shutter as quick as I could, firing off 50 shots before separation. Poof and SpaceX made its own cloud that just hung around as the rocket c...
SpaceX launch delivers Iridium satellites into orbit
Jun 25, 2017 (AFP)
After launching as scheduled from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:25 pm local time (2025 GMT), the Falcon 9's first stage returned less than ei...
Falcon 9 launches Bulgaria's first geostationary communications satellite
Jun 24, 2017 (SPX)
Today's mission saw the second reflight of a Falcon 9 first stage, having seen the first such mission for the Iridium-1 mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base i...
Orbex reveals space rocket factory
Jun 23, 2017 (SPX)
Orbex, a UK company that has raised significant venture capital investment, is building a space micro-launcher, a small launch vehicle able to transport payload...
Developing Landing Tech for Space
Jun 23, 2017 (JPL)
A new NASA video explains how cutting-edge technologies could help. A system called the CoOperative Blending of Autonomous Landing Technologies (COBALT) is bein...
Putin: Russia, Brazil Consider Joint Space Launches From Brazilian Spaceport
Jun 23, 2017 (Sputnik)
"We are looking into the possibility of conducting joint space launches from Brazil's launching site, as well as of constructing small- and medium-lift launch v...
Arianespace set to launch satellites for Inmarsat and India
Jun 23, 2017 (ESA)
With this 290th mission performed by its family of launchers, Arianespace is at the service of three major satellites operators: Hellas Sat, Inmarsat and ISRO. ...
Arianespace signs its initial launch contract for the new Vega C launcher
Jun 22, 2017 (SPX)
With an order book of 53 launches for Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega, and fully engaged in marketing Ariane 6, Arianespace continues to prove its ability to satisfy c...
Arianespace to orbit Airbus' upcoming constellation of observation satellites
Jun 22, 2017 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space is the first commercial customer for the upcoming VEGA C launcher. This enhanced version of the VEGA lightweight vehicle, which continu...
OHB Italia sign contract to launch PRISMA Italian satellite with Arianespace
Jun 20, 2017 (SPX)
The launch will be carried out by a Vega rocket in 2018 from the Guiana Space Center, within the scope of a contract signed by OHB Italia Spa on behalf of the I...
India's 'Baahubali' GSLV MK III Lifts Less Luggage Than Lighter Rockets
Jun 20, 2017 (IANS)
On June 5, India successfully flight-tested its brand new rocket, the 640 tonne Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III) nick-named "Baahu...
NASA and Industry Team Successfully Test Orion Launch Abort Motor
Jun 16, 2017 (SPX)
"We at Orbital ATK are very proud to work with NASA and Lockheed Martin on the Orion Launch Abort System, and to provide a motor that is so integral to astronau...
Kazakh man dies in fire after Russian rocket launch
Jun 15, 2017 (AFP)
The blaze, reaching 15 kilometres (9.5 miles) across, was unleashed by parts of a rocket that fell to earth on Wednesday after a launch from the nearby Baikonur...
Launch Vehicle Rocket Engines
Jun 14, 2017 (SPX)
However, none of the liquid/solid contraptions have proven worthy of large investments. Alas, the space launch vehicle community remains limited to a selection ...
India's Kerosene-Based Semi-Cryogenic Engine to Be Flight Test Ready by 2021
Jun 14, 2017 (Sputnik)
The semi-cryogenic engine uses refined kerosene instead of liquid hydrogen, which is used in combination with liquid oxygen as the propellant in the cryogenic e...
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