SpaceX launched its fortieth Falcon 9 Thursday, carrying the Formosat-5 spacecraft for the Taiwan’s National Space Organisation and the Republic of China’s National Space Organisation. The launch, which included a successful landing of the first stage aboard the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, occurred at the start of a 44-minute window that opened at 11:50 local time (18:50 UTC) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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In 2016, our understanding of our cosmic home might have taken its most significant leap…
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Orbital ATK’s Pegasus rocket finally launched on Thursday, carrying NASA’s CYGNSS environmental research satellite constellation…
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An Indian (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) has deployed twenty satellites – including its…
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SpaceX’s Return To Flight (RTF) milestone remains on track for December, as the Falcon 9…
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In an era of new launch system development, Orbital ATK’s Pegasus has shown her staying…
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United Launch Alliance has conducted its final launch of 2014, making use of a new…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation – with their new version of their Antares rocket – will make…
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Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft will begin her latest trip to the International Space Station (ISS) on…
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SpaceX made a fourth – and successful – attempt to launch its Falcon 9 v1.1…
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Orbital Sciences launched an Antares rocket with their third Cygnus spacecraft Sunday afternoon, beginning a…
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NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory completed its ride to orbit on Wednesday morning, launched atop a…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched the ORS-3 mission for the US military, using a Minotaur…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched the first Cygnus spacecraft Wednesday, beginning a demonstration mission to…
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Orbital’s Antares launch vehicle is deep into preparations for its second trip into space –…
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South Korea’s Arirang-5 satellite was launched on Thursday atop a Russian Dnepr rocket. The launch…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation launched their Pegasus-XL rocket Thursday night, carrying NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have – at the third launch attempt – launched their new Antares…
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Stars align for Orbital’s Antares – A-One debut set for mid-April
by Chris BerginOrbital’s Antares rocket is finally set to make its debut flight into space, following the…
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ATK’s CASTOR 30XL Upper Stage motor is deep into preparations for a static fire test,…