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SpaceX wins FCC rural broadband subsidy
Posted: Sat, Dec 12 9:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
SpaceX secured $885 million in FCC rural broadband funding Monday. The FCC announced the outcome of the $9.2 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)...

Falcon 9 launches first upgraded cargo Dragon to ISS
Posted: Sat, Dec 12 9:42 AM ET (1442 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched the first in a new generation of Dragon cargo spacecraft Sunday. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center...

China launches remote sensing satellite
Posted: Sat, Dec 12 9:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
China launched a remote sensing satellite Dec. 5. A Long March 3B carrying the Gaofen-14 satellite launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at...

Hayabusa2 returns asteroid samples to Earth
Posted: Sat, Dec 12 9:27 AM ET (1427 GMT)
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned samples of an asteroid to Earth on Dec. 5. The spacecraft's sample return canister landed in the Woomera Prohibited...

Soyuz launches Gonets satellites
Posted: Fri, Dec 4 12:10 PM ET (1710 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a trio of communications satellites Wednesday night. The Soyuz-2.1b lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at...

Arecibo radio telescope collapses
Posted: Fri, Dec 4 12:03 PM ET (1703 GMT)
The giant Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed Tuesday, as officials had feared could happen. The instrument platform, suspended above the 305-meter dish,...

Soyuz launches UAE satellite
Posted: Fri, Dec 4 10:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a reconnaissance satellite for the UAE Tuesday night after months of delays. The Soyuz ST-A rocket lifted off from French...

Chinese spacecraft lands on the Moon
Posted: Fri, Dec 4 10:23 AM ET (1523 GMT)
China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon Tuesday on a mission to collect samples for return to Earth. The spacecraft made...

Japan launches data relay satellite
Posted: Fri, Dec 4 10:20 AM ET (1520 GMT)
Japan launched a data relay satellite Sunday. An H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 2:25 am EST (0725 GMT)...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Fri, Nov 27 11:07 AM ET (1607 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Tuesday night on the 100th flight of the Falcon 9. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral,...



news in brief
ISS launch damages Baikonur pad
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 8:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)

ESA secures more than €22 billion at ministerial
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 8:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)


news links
Thursday, December 4
Starlink launches in Korea with focus on ships, planes
Korea Herald — 6:16 am ET (1116 GMT)
SpaceX set to launch Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday
KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo, CA — 6:13 am ET (1113 GMT)


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