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Soyuz rockets launch classified, communications satellites
Posted: Sun, Oct 30 9:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
One Soyuz rocket launched a pair of classified satellites Oct. 21. The Soyuz-2.1v rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Oct 23 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
SpaceX set several milestones with a routine Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites Thursday. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch...

ESA to launch two missions on Falcon 9
Posted: Sun, Oct 23 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
ESA will launch two of its missions on SpaceX's Falcon 9. ESA announced Thursday that it will launch the Euclid astrophysics mission and the...

Ariane 6 debut delayed to late 2023
Posted: Sun, Oct 23 10:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)
ESA announced Wednesday that the first launch of the Ariane 6 has slipped again, this time to late 2023. Officials with ESA, prime contractor ArianeGroup...

Angara launches Russian military satellite
Posted: Sun, Oct 23 10:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
An Angara rocket launched a Russian military satellite Oct. 15. The Angara-1.2 lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 3:55 pm EDT (...

Falcon 9 launches Eutelsat satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:51 PM ET (2351 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a Eutelsat communications satellite in the early morning hours Oct. 15. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch...

Crew-4 returns from ISS
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:50 PM ET (2350 GMT)
A Crew Dragon returned four astronauts to Earth from the International Space Station on Oct. 14. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom undocked from the station...

China launches imaging satellites
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:49 PM ET (2349 GMT)
China launched three imaging satellites Oct 14. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 3:12 pm EDT (...

DART impact exceeds expectations
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:48 PM ET (2348 GMT)
NASA's DART spacecraft exceeded expectations by changing the orbital period of an asteroid by more than a half-hour. The agency announced Oct. 11...

Epsilon launch fails
Posted: Fri, Oct 21 7:47 PM ET (2347 GMT)
A Japanese Epsilon small launch vehicle failed to reach orbit during a launch Oct. 11 night. The rocket lifted off on schedule at 8:50...



news in brief
Medical issue leads to early return of Crew-11
Posted: Sun, Jan 11 5:18 PM ET (2218 GMT)

Private organization plans large space telescope
Posted: Sun, Jan 11 5:14 PM ET (2214 GMT)

ULA sets date for next Vulcan launch
Posted: Sun, Jan 11 5:09 PM ET (2209 GMT)

news links
Friday, January 16
Ariane 6: safety first
ESA — 5:26 am ET (1026 GMT)
Is Elon Musk losing the space cellphone war?
Fast Company — 5:25 am ET (1025 GMT)
Is Starlink authoritarian-proof?
Fast Company — 5:23 am ET (1023 GMT)


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