Russia’s Kosmos 1408 satellite was destroyed in orbit earlier on Tuesday in what appears to have been a demonstration of Russia’s Nudol anti-satellite missile. While the Russian government has not yet acknowledged the cause of the satellite’s breakup, concerns about debris from the satellite have already disrupted operations aboard the International Space Station and could pose a threat to other spacecraft in low Earth orbit for some time to come.
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India has deployed its EMISAT intelligence-gathering satellite Monday via a PSLV launch from the Satish…
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After twenty-nine years of reliable service, United Launch Alliance’s veteran Delta II rocket made its…
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United Launch Alliance launched a Delta IV rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying the…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V rocket on Saturday evening, carrying out the…
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SpaceX conducted its first dedicated launch for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Monday,…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched a Delta IV rocket on Wednesday evening, carrying the…
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has launched with the NROL-45 payload for the US…
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The Super Strypi rocket conducted its maiden flight and the first orbital launch from Barking…
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United Launch Alliance has conducted its hundredth launch Friday with a rare commercial mission on…
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TRMM spacecraft completes destructive re-entry over South Indian Ocean
by Chris BerginA long-serving Earth observation satellite has succumb to a fiery demise via an uncontrolled destructive…
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The third GPS launch of 2014 took place on Friday evening, with the United Launch…
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) have launched their Atlas V rocket on the NROL-39 mission…
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) celebrated its 75 launch milestone when their Atlas V launch…
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The United Launch Alliance Atlas V has successfully launched the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency…
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A new Delta IV configuration has made its first flight Tuesday, carrying the NROL-25 payload…
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As NASA’s defunct Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) continues to head towards its death –…
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket (Delta 347) has launched from Vandenberg Air…
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While public attention remains focused on the unraveling drama of the emergency spacecraft landing on…