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Falcon 9 launches first WorldView Legion satellites
Posted: Sat, May 11 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched the first WorldView Legion satellites for Maxar Intelligence May 2. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, May 11 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites May 2. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:37 pm EDT (0237...

SES to acquire Intelsat
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:42 AM ET (1042 GMT)
SES announced Tuesday that it will acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion, combining two of the biggest GEO satellite operators. The companies said the deal...

Shenzhou-17 returns to Earth
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:39 AM ET (1039 GMT)
A Chinese crewed spacecraft returned to Earth Tuesday. The Shenzhou-17 spacecraft undocked from the Tiangong station at 8:43 pm EDT Monday (0043 GMT...

Cargo Dragon splashes down
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:35 AM ET (1035 GMT)
A Dragon cargo spacecraft returned to Earth early Tuesday. The Dragon splashed down off the coast from Tampa, Florida, at 1:38 am EDT (0538...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:33 AM ET (1033 GMT)
Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites April 28. The rocket launched at 6:08 pm EDT (2208 GMT) from Cape Canaveral and deployed...

Falcon 9 launches Galileo satellites
Posted: Sun, May 5 6:31 AM ET (1031 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a pair of European Galileo navigation satellites April 27. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:34 pm EDT (0034 GMT...

Shenzhou 18 launches to Tiangong space station
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
A new crew launched to China's Tiangong space station Thursday. A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at...

Starliner cleared for first crewed flight
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
The first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is a step closer to launch. NASA completed a flight test readiness review Thursday for...

Cosmonauts perform ISS spacewalk
Posted: Sun, Apr 28 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)
Two cosmonauts wrapped up an ISS spacewalk ahead of schedule Thursday. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub were scheduled to spend up to seven hours outside...



news in brief

Rocket Lab wins contract for NASA smallsat mission
Posted: Sun, May 18 9:18 AM ET (1318 GMT)


news links
Sunday, May 18
Space physicist becomes RAS President-Elect
Royal Astronomical Society — 7:54 pm ET (2354 GMT)
New lab could help space industry dodge a bullet
Univ. of Glasgow — 7:50 pm ET (2350 GMT)


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