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ULA and Bigelow expand association with lunar depot plan
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Bigelow Aerospace have updated their future plans via an agreement to launch a B330 module on a Vulcan rocket to an eventual home…
SpaceX adds mystery “Zuma” mission, Iridium-4 aims for Vandenberg landing
In what has already been a busy year for SpaceX, the commercial launch provider is adding one more mission to its jammed-packed end-of-year schedule. A mysterious mission codenamed…
Progress MS-07 docks after missing out on record rendezvous option
Roscosmos, the federal space agency of the Russian Federation, launched the Progress MS-07 craft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station on Saturday and docked on…
Atlas V successfully launches with NROL-52
United Launch Alliance’s clandestine Atlas V launch in support of the US National Reconnaissance Office finally departed SLC-41 on Sunday, after previously failing to dodge bad weather and…
Sentinel-5p launches on Russia’s Rokot launch system
The European Space Agency’s Sentinel 5 Precursor satellite launched Friday aboard what could be the penultimate flight of Russia’s Rokot carrier rocket. Liftoff, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in…
Falcon 9 conducts second launch this week with SES-11 mission
SpaceX launched its third re-flown Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, carrying the EchoStar-105/SES-11 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit for SES and EchoStar. Liftoff, from Launch Complex 39A at…
Spacewalkers continue LEE tasks on station’s robotic arm
Two spacewalkers again stepped outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to continue to perform vital maintenance on the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), via replacing…
Japan’s H-2A conducts QZSS-4 launch
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched an H-IIA (H-2A) rocket Tuesday (local time) carrying the country’s QZSS-4 navigation satellite. The rocket departed from the picturesque Tanegashima Space Centre on…
Chinese Long March 2D launches VRSS-2
China launched the second remote sensing satellite for Venezuela using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle on Monday. This was the first use of the CZ-2 rocket…
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches third set of Iridium-NEXT satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Monday, before succcessfully deploying the third batch of ten Iridium-NEXT communications satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff…
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- SpaceX conducts static fire on Falcon 9 preparing for SES-11 flight
- Ariane 5 launches Intelsat 37e & BSAT-4a at second attempt
- The Moon, Mars, & around the Earth – Musk updates BFR architecture, plans
- China returns to action with Long March 2C launch of Yaogan-30 01
- ILS Proton M successfully launches AsiaSat-9
- Parker Solar Probe in integrated testing, launch on track for July 2018
- SpaceX realign near-term manifest ahead of double launch salvo
- Atlas V launches NROL-42 spy satellite
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