Media are invited to view and photograph Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft, packed with cargo for the International Space Station, at 10:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7 at NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
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Rogozin walks back comments on state of Russian space industry
Wednesday’s briefing begins with a report from Moscow that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin says his comments regarding the nation’s space industry lagging behind the U.S. were misconstrued.
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Antares static fire test sets stage for return to flight
A May 31 static fire test of the new first stage of Orbital ATK’s Antares launch vehicle should clear the way for that rocket to return to flight in early July.
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First CubeSat Built By An Elementary School Deployed
In 2012, the students from St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia lined up in the shape of a space shuttle in the school parking lot and witnessed the […]
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SpaceX to brief underwriters on the road to Falcon 9 reusability
Launch-service provider SpaceX on May 30 said it would meet with insurance underwriters in the coming weeks to discuss the company’s plans to certify used rocket stages as fit for reuse, a long-held SpaceX ambition as a way to reduce launch costs.
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SpaceX launches Thaicom-8, returns Falcon 9 first stage to offshore drone ship
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 27 successfully placed the Thaicom 8 commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit in the fifth of what SpaceX has said would be a year with up to 18 launches.
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U.S. STRATCOM considering a follow-on to ORS-1 surveillance satellite
U.S. Strategic Command is considering a follow-on satellite as one of several options to replace a one-of-a-kind tactical surveillance satellite that is expected to reach the end of its design life by 2017.
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NanoRacks, LLC Reaches Milestone: Over 100 CubeSats Deployed From The International Space Station
On May 18, 2016 the 111th customer CubeSat was deployed from the Company’s NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) via the JAXA KIBO airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). The NanoRacks […]
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Super Pressure Balloon Begins Global Flight
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2016 (7:35 p.m. EDT Monday, May 16, 2016) on a potentially […]
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Moody’s says Intelsat may need to downsize satellite fleet
Moody’s Investors Service on May 17 left unchanged its investment rating for satellite fleet operator Intelsat in the wake of Intelsat’s offer to purchase $625 million in debt at below par value, saying a March downgrade of the company had already anticipated the move.
