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ULA wins contract for Air Force satellite launch
Posted: Sun, Jul 2 9:46 AM ET (1346 GMT)
United Launch Alliance beat SpaceX for a launch contract for an Air Force mission. The Air Force announced June 29 it selected ULA for the...

House budget offers $19.9 billion for NASA
Posted: Sun, Jul 2 9:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
House appropriators are offering NASA a budget increase in its version of a spending bill. The House Appropriations Committee released a draft commerce, justice and...

Ariane 5 launches two communications satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 2 9:42 AM ET (1342 GMT)
An Ariane 5 launched two communications satellites June 28 in the rocket's 80th consecutive successful launch. The Ariane 5 lifted off from Kourou, French...

SpaceX launches second group of Iridium satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 2 9:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched ten Iridium NEXT satellites June 25. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 4:...

Russia launches classified satellite
Posted: Sun, Jun 25 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed a classified Russian military satellite into orbit June 23. The Soyuz-2.1v rocket lifted off at 3:04 pm EDT (...

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches BulgariaSat-1
Posted: Sun, Jun 25 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a Bulgarian communications satellite June 23. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center...

PSLV launches 31 satellites
Posted: Sun, Jun 25 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
An Indian rocket launched 31 satellites June 23. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at 11:59 pm...

OneWeb wins FCC approval for satellite constellation
Posted: Sun, Jun 25 8:58 AM ET (1258 GMT)
OneWeb has won FCC approval for its broadband satellite constellation. The FCC said June 22 it approved plans by OneWeb to provide broadband services in...

OHB-SSTL team wins new Galileo satellite order
Posted: Sun, Jun 25 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
OHB and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) have won a contract for another eight Galileo navigation satellites. The companies signed the contract June 22 with...

Rocket Lab's Electron rocket reaches space on first launch
Posted: Sat, May 27 9:56 AM ET (1356 GMT)
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket reached space, but not orbit, on its first launch May 25. The rocket lifted off from the company's New...



news in brief
Cargo Dragon mission launches after Soyuz scrub
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)

Electron launches NRO mission
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)

China launches military weather satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)

news links
Thursday, March 28
Saltzman Pushes Need for ‘Actionable’ Space Domain Awareness
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 6:24 am ET (1024 GMT)


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