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Soyuz launches OneWeb satellites from French Guiana
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:54 AM ET (1554 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched 34 OneWeb satellites. The Soyuz lifted off from French Guiana at 1:09 pm EST (1809 GMT) Thursday, deploying its...

Geomagnetic storm causes dozens of Starlink satellites to reenter
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
As many as 40 Starlink satellites launched earlier this month will soon reenter, or have already done so, because of a geomagnetic storm. SpaceX said...

E-Space raises $50 million for satellite megaconstellation
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:42 AM ET (1542 GMT)
E-Space, a startup founded by Greg Wyler, raised $50 million to start work on a satellite megaconstellation. The company will use the funding for...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Sun, Feb 13 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
Russia launched a military satellite in the first Russian mission of the year. A Soyuz-2 rocket lifted off at 2 am EST (0700 GMT)...

NASA and SpaceX looking into Dragon parachute issue
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:19 PM ET (1719 GMT)
A parachute on a cargo Dragon spacecraft failed to open on time when it splashed down last month, the second time that's happened. NASA...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 1:13 pm EST (1813 GMT)...

SpaceX launches NRO payload
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:08 PM ET (1708 GMT)
SpaceX launched a classified NRO payload Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 3:28 pm EST (2028 GMT)...

SLS rollout for dress rehearsal postponed
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:05 PM ET (1705 GMT)
NASA is delaying the rollout of the Space Launch System for a countdown rehearsal by a month. The rollout of the SLS to Launch Complex...

SpaceX launches Italian radar mapping satellite
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched an Italian radar imaging satellite Monday after days of delays. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:...

Chinese spacecraft moves dead satellite out of GEO
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
A Chinese satellite recently towed a defunct navigation satellite out of geostationary orbit. Data from space tracking firms show that the Shijian-21 satellite docked...



news in brief
Russian ISS repairs cause NASA concern
Posted: Sat, Jun 6 12:21 PM ET (1621 GMT)

China launches Qianfan satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 6 12:18 PM ET (1618 GMT)

Satellite manufacturer Apex raises $200 million
Posted: Sat, Jun 6 12:15 PM ET (1615 GMT)

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