SpaceNews recounts some of the notable events in the year now coming to a close.
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SpaceX Weekend Launch in Doubt after Thursday Static Fire Scrubbed
Friday’s briefing begins with SpaceX scrubbing a Falcon 9 static-fire test Thursday, but customer Orbcomm has not given up on launching before Christmas.
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SpaceX Customer Says Pre-launch Static Fire Test Now Happening Thursday
Thursday’s briefing begins with word from customer Orbcomm that SpaceX will conduct a Falcon 9 static fire test this afternoon in preparation for the rocket’s return-to-flight launch.
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Omnibus Fully Funds Major NOAA Satellite Programs
Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, NOAA will get $809 million for the first two JPSS satellites and $871.8 million for the GOES-R satellite program.
Posted inPress Release
The First Rendezvous in Space – 50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago, the two-tiered NASA mission Gemini 7/6A made history by proving that two independently launched spacecraft piloted by astronauts could meet up while orbiting Earth. Humankind’s first rendezvous […]
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Component Snafus Forced GOES-R Launch Slip
A NOAA official sheds new light on two recent component snafus that prompted the agency to delay launch of its next coastal-watchdog satellite by six months.
Posted inOpinion
Commercial Launch Sector Gets What It Needs
The U.S. Space Launch Competitiveness Act, which was signed into law by President Obama Nov. 25, is a victory for one industry sector that only recently returned to U.S. territory and another, fledgling sector that finally appears on the verge of becoming a reality.
Posted inPress Release
ULA Successfully Launches OA-4 Cygnus to International Space Station
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the OA-4 Cygnus resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 Dec. 6 at 4:44 p.m. […]
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Atlas Launches Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft to Space Station
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched an Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft Dec. 6 after three days of delays, resuming deliveries of essential supplies and experiments to the International Space Station by U.S. companies.
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Instrument Leak Raises Concerns about Mars InSight’s March Launch
Friday’s briefing begins with NASA acknowledging an instrument problem that’s raising concerns about Mars InSight making its March launch date.
