United Launch Alliance carried out an Atlas V launch Friday with the third pair of GSSAP satellites for the US Space Force. Flying in its never-before-used 511 configuration, Atlas lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:00 PM EST (19:00 UTC) for a lengthy mission that injected the satellites into a near-geostationary orbit.
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ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched its 90th flight with an Atlas V rocket and its…
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Rocket Lab conducted the 21st flight of its Electron small satellite launch vehicle, a return…
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CommercialNorthrop Grumman
Pegasus XL rocket successfully launches Tactically Responsive Launch demo for Space Force
Northrop Grumman’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket made a low-profile launch for the US Space Force…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has successfully launched an Atlas V from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41)…
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CommercialSpaceX
SpaceX evolving fairing recovery plans, taking advantage of Octagrabber in pursuit of rapid reusability
SpaceX set a company record with 25 orbital launches in 2020. All but five of…
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At the 47th Spaceport Summit, formerly known as Space Congress, the Cape Canaveral Space Force…
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CommercialSpaceX
Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airliners
Commercial spaceflight companies are preparing to enter a new market: suborbital flights from one place…
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Artemis
SLS continues post-hurricane cleanups and prepares for Core Stage Green Run valve repair
by Philip SlossNASA and Boeing continued troubleshooting issues with the Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage found…
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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried out its first mission for the United States…
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With a mission that was anything but mundane, Soyuz MS-09 with its three-person crew returned…
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Last Thursday, SpaceX performed its first full-blown fairing recovery test during the Falcon 9 launch…
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SpaceX has launched with the debuting of an upgraded payload fairing for the Falcon 9…
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SpaceX’s drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You” is undergoing repairs at Port Canaveral…
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Airbus Safran Launchers, which now owns the majority stake in Arianespace, has issued a statement…
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NASA managers have placed a “stop work order” in relation to the human-rating of the…
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A pair of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conducted a shortened spacewalk to…
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Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has returned to normal after a late conjunction…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has presented an overview on the wealth of potential landing site…
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Virgin Galactic unveiled their new air launch system – called LauncherOne – this week, classing…