Reviewing this week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period. China now claims to be on track to land humans on the Moon by 2030, North Korea’s recent orbital launch failed, and Starliner’s Crewed Flight Test has been delayed yet again.
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India began deploying its second generation of indigenous navigation satellites Monday, with the launch of…
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OneWeb has finished its initial satellite constellation buildout, as India and its space agency, the…
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SpaceX launched 40 high-speed internet communication satellites to a polar low Earth orbit on the…
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SpaceX and its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket have launched the second of three OneWeb missions…
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OneWeb has resumed deployment of its satellite constellation with the launch of 36 satellites aboard…
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India launches PSLV-C53 mission, demonstrating new on-orbit capabilities
by Lee KanayamaIndia launched its 55th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) – in its Core Alone (CA)…
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The final five: Ariane 5’s march to retirement begins with dual passenger launch
Arianespace, ArianeGroup, and the European Space Agency (ESA) have launched their second flight of the…
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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has completed the final testing for the Small Satellite…
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The initial deployment of OneWeb’s satellite broadband constellation reached its halfway stage on Thursday with…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made their second launch of 2021 with a…
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Mars Express and the case of the large, mysterious Martian volcano cloud
Throughout the southern Martian hemisphere’s spring and summer seasons, a large, expansive cloud emerges daily…
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The Indian Space Research Organization has launched their first mission of 2021 with a flight…
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Year in Review: Mars missions, Lunar Samples, Crew launched from the US, and Starlink
Despite a worldwide pandemic which affected agencies around the world, 2020 featured many significant achievements…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, has launched their second mission of 2020 using their…
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Rust on the Moon. How is that possible without oxygen and liquid water?
Humanity’s fleet of robotic explorers peppered throughout the solar system continue to reveal new and…
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SpaceX launches first Starlink rideshare mission with Planet Labs
by Tyler GrayAs SpaceX continues to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company launched another batch…
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Arianespace gears up for busy 2020 with dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission
by Tyler GrayArianespace opened its 2020 launch campaign on Thursday with the launch of two telecommunications satellites…
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ISRO launched the fiftieth PSLV mission Wednesday, with its workhorse rocket flying for the second…
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India deployed the first in a new generation of remote sensing satellites Wednesday, via its…