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China launches GEO broadband satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 8:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
China launched the second of a new, secretive series of geostationary communications satellites Thursday. A Long March 3B lifted off at 9:14 am EDT (...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites early Friday. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 1:01 am EDT (0501 GMT) from the Kennedy Space...

Boeing takes another loss on Starliner
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 8:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
Boeing has taken another loss on the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program. The company said Wednesday it recorded a $125 million loss in the...

Space Force awards SpaceX, ULA $1.8 billion for additional launches
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 8:08 AM ET (1208 GMT)
The U.S. Space Force has provided $1.8 billion in additional funding to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance for national security launches. The service...

Atlas 5 launches final national security mission
Posted: Sun, Aug 4 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
An Atlas 5 lifted off Tuesday morning on the rocket's final national security launch. The Atlas 5 551 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...

Falcon 9 returns to flight
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:26 PM ET (1626 GMT)
SpaceX successfully returned the Falcon 9 to flight early Saturday, 15 days after an upper stage anomaly. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy...

More Starliner thruster tests planned
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:24 PM ET (1624 GMT)
NASA and Boeing plan more thruster tests before allowing the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to return from the International Space Station. At a briefing Thursday,...

Astranis raises $200 million
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:23 PM ET (1623 GMT)
Astranis has raised $200 million to fully fund development of a new broadband satellite design. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz co-led the Series D...

NASA review examines options for Chandra and Hubble
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:22 PM ET (1622 GMT)
A review chartered by NASA concluded that it is not possible to operate the Chandra X-Ray Observatory at the funding levels proposed by NASA....

Second RS1 rocket suffers "irrecoverable" damage in pad test
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:21 PM ET (1621 GMT)
ABL Space Systems says its second RS1 rocket suffered "irrecoverable" damage after a test on its launch pad. The company, in a brief statement Monday,...



news in brief
Musk calls for early end to ISS
Posted: Sat, Feb 22 11:22 AM ET (1622 GMT)

Airbus takes more losses on its space business
Posted: Sat, Feb 22 11:19 AM ET (1619 GMT)

SDA revokes Terran Orbital satellite contract
Posted: Sat, Feb 22 11:16 AM ET (1616 GMT)

news links
Friday, February 28
Space Command deputy commander visits Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville Times — 5:10 am ET (1010 GMT)


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