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Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 31 8:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed a Russian military satellite into orbit on Thursday. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...

Atlas launches GPS satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 30 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket, flying its 50th mission, successfully launched a navigation satellite Wednesday afternoon. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...

Progress cargo spacecraft sent to ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 30 9:56 AM ET (1356 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a Progress cargo spacecraft early Wednesday that docked with the International Space Station several hours later. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket...

Antares rocket explodes moments after liftoff
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket exploded seconds after lifting off from Virginia Tuesday evening, destroying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft it was carrying. The Antares...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 29 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched a Chinese satellite Monday that state media says will be used to conduct scientific experiments. The Long March 2C rocket...

Errant boat scrubs Antares launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 28 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A boat that strayed into restricted waters forced launch controllers to scrub Monday's scheduled launch of a cargo mission to the International Space Station....

Dragon departs ISS, returns to Earth
Posted: Mon, Oct 27 8:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
A commercial cargo spacecraft departed from the International Space Station on Saturday morning and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean several hours later. The SpaceX...

Rosetta's comet composition yields an unpleasant odor
Posted: Mon, Oct 27 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
The comet being studied by Europe's Rosetta mission has a composition that would, if it could be smelled, produce an unpleasant odor. Analyses of...

China launches circumlunar mission
Posted: Sat, Oct 25 11:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
China launched early Friday a spacecraft on a trip around the Moon that the country describes as a test of a future lunar sample return...

Russian cosmonauts speed through EVA
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 7:02 AM ET (1102 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts worked quickly on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, completing their tasks well ahead of schedule. Max Suraev and...



news in brief
Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)

French government leads investment in Eutelsat
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)

NASA further delays Ax-4 launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)

news links
Tuesday, July 15
Cable fears starlink may force them out of market
The Tribune (Bahamas) — 6:14 am ET (1014 GMT)
Defence announces purpose-built space workforce for Australian Defence Force
Defence Connect (Australia) — 6:13 am ET (1013 GMT)


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