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China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Fri, Nov 26 7:19 AM ET (1219 GMT)
China launched a high-resolution imaging satellite Nov. 19. A Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 8:51...

Sierra Space raises $1.4 billion
Posted: Fri, Nov 26 7:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
Sierra Space announced Nov. 19 it has raised $1.4 billion to further development of key elements of a commercial space station. The company, spun...

Arianespace wins contract for Optus 11 launch
Posted: Fri, Nov 26 7:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Arianespace has won a contract to launch an Australian communications satellite. The Optus-11 Ku-band communications satellite is set to launch in the second...

Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:50 AM ET (1550 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a pair of BlackSky imaging satellites Wednesday. An Electron rocket lifted off at 8:38 pm EST (0138 GMT Thursday) and deployed...

Vega launches satellites for French military
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
A Vega rocket successfully launched three French military smallsats Tuesday. The Vega lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 4:27 am EST (0927 GMT)...

NASA report warns of further Artemis delays
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
NASA's inspector general warned of further delays in NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the moon. In a report Monday, the Office...

Russia destroys satellite in ASAT test
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
Russia destroyed a defunct satellite with an antisatellite weapon, creating thousands of pieces of debris in low Earth orbit. The U.S. government said Monday...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:44 AM ET (1544 GMT)
SpaceX performed its first Starlink launch in two months Nov. 13. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 7:19 am EST (1219 GMT) from Cape...

Falcon 9 launches Crew-3 mission
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 9:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after a launch Wednesday night. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off at 9:03...

NASA postpones crewed lunar landing to at least 2025
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
NASA officially gave up Tuesday on any chance of landing humans on the moon in 2024. In a briefing with reporters, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson...



news in brief
Falcon 9 launches military weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:21 AM ET (1521 GMT)

JAXA to land astronauts on Moon through NASA partnership
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:14 AM ET (1514 GMT)

Russia launches Angara from Vostochny
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 11:08 AM ET (1508 GMT)

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