Arianespace’s lightweight Vega rocket launched on its penultimate flight Sunday, carrying the THEOS-2 Earth-observation satellite for Thailand, Taiwan’s Triton (FORMOSAT-7R) weather satellite, and ten small satellites. Lifoff from the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana came after a scrub 48 hours previously.
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China has successfully launched the third satellite of their Tianlian 2 series of data and…
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China launched a new geostationary weather satellite on Thursday June 3 local time, following a…
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Russia conducted a complex mission Friday to deploy seventy-three satellites via a Soyuz-2-1a rocket with…
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An Atlas V rocket has successfully deployed a next-generation weather satellite for the US National…
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An Indian (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) has deployed twenty satellites – including its…
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Kosmotras launched a Dnepr rocket from Dombarovsky on Thursday, carrying the United Arab Emirates’ DubaiSat-2,…
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Arianespace have launched their Ariane 5 ECA on another mission, lofting two satellites into orbit…
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Arianespace were back in action on Wednesday, with the launch of their Ariane 5 ECA…
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Arianespace launches Vega’s return to flight with rideshare mission
After a five month grounding, Vega returned to flight following a launch failure in November…
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Sen is on a mission to democratize space through the use of high-quality video from…
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ArtemisCommercialInternationalOther
NASA’s CLPS program accelerates as two landers head for the Moon
As NASA focuses on returning humans to the Moon with Artemis, commercial providers are gearing…
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Arianespace completed its third and final orbital launch of 2024 on Thursday, Dec. 5, with…
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EuropeanInternational
Ariane 6 successfully launches on maiden flight from French Guiana
by Adrian BeilEurope’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, has successfully launched on its maiden flight. Liftoff occurred…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX lands its 300th booster, NASA tests a solar sail, and China launches three more taikonauts
by Martin SmithDuring the last full week of April, planned launches include two Starlink missions and another…
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EuropeanInternationalUncrewed
Goodbye to the Ariane 5, the ‘Swiss Knife’ of Europe’s launch industry
The Ariane 5 flew for the very last time on Wednesday, July 5, sending government…
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The Orion spacecraft has reached the end of its flight on the Artemis I mission,…
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Russia’s Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) Nauka, meaning “science,” has defied the odds to successfully dock…
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MAVEN reveals Martian atmospheric time capsule on Phobos as Mars fleet prepares for arrival
Data from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has revealed the unsurprising —…
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NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover have completed their second EVA (extravehicular activity, or…