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Viasat says it will not replace faulty ViaSat-3 satellite
Posted: Sun, Oct 15 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
Viasat says it will not order a replacement for its ViaSat-3 Americas satellite despite losing most of its capacity. The company said Thursday that...

NASA unveils OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples
Posted: Sun, Oct 15 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
Scientists say they're thrilled with the asteroid samples returned by a NASA mission. The agency offered Wednesday a first look at the samples from...

Intelsat signs multi-launch agreement with Relativity Space
Posted: Sun, Oct 15 10:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
Intelsat has signed a multi-launch agreement with Relativity Space. The companies announced the deal Wednesday that covers an unspecified number of launches on Relativity'...

Russian ISS module suffers coolant leak
Posted: Sat, Oct 14 11:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
Another Russian vehicle at the International Space Station has suffered a coolant leak. Flight controllers noticed Monday afternoon flakes coming from a radiator on the...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
Posted: Sat, Oct 14 11:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
SpaceX launched one set of Starlink satellites overnight while scrubbing another launch. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at...

Vega returns to flight with smallsat launch
Posted: Sat, Oct 14 11:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
Europe's Vega rocket launched a dozen smallsats Sunday night. The Vega lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 9:36 pm EDT (0136 GMT...

PLD Space launches first suborbital rocket
Posted: Sat, Oct 14 11:36 AM ET (1536 GMT)
Spanish launch startup PLD Space flew its first suborbital rocket Oct. 5. The company's Miura 1 rocket lifted off from a Spanish government facility...

Atlas 5 launches first Project Kuiper satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 14 11:35 AM ET (1535 GMT)
Amazon launched the first satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband constellation Oct. 5. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at...

SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Oct 8 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites Thusday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 1:36 am EDT (0536 GMT) from Cape Canaveral and placed...

China launches reconnaissance satellites
Posted: Sun, Oct 8 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
China continued its surge in launches of reconnaissance satellites Wednesday. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 8:...



news in brief
Rocket Lab wins contract for rocket cargo mission
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)

Capella Space to be acquired by quantum computing company
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)


news links
Thursday, May 15
SpaceX sends up more Starlink satellites
UPI — 5:53 am ET (0953 GMT)
More speculation on future of Space Command in Southern Colorado
KKTV Colorado Springs — 5:50 am ET (0950 GMT)


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