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Roscosmos creates rocket-monitoring system using technology found in smart homes
Nov 19, 2019 (Sputnik)
Roscosmos has come up with a system aimed at making sure that all rocketry components and other space systems remain in working order during transportation, a p...
Arianespace will orbit TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 with Ariane 5
Nov 18, 2019 (SPX)
Through this mission, Arianespace highlights its ability to be at the service of innovative satellite solutions for commercial and institutional needs. VA250 wi...
China sends five satellites into orbit via single rocket
Nov 15, 2019 (XNA)
The five Ningxia-1 satellites were launched by a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 2:35 p.m. (Beijing Time). The satellites are part of a commercial satellite proj...
SpaceX Completes Crew Dragon Static Fire Tests
Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)
The engine tests, conducted near SpaceX's Landing Zone 1 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, began with two burns for a duration of one-second each ...
SpaceX Crew Dragon releases photos of emergency escape engines test
Nov 15, 2019 (Sputnik)
The engines that SpaceX ignited Thursday are part of the Crew Dragon's emergency abort system - a test of the important part of the spacecraft that will activat...
Thruster for next-generation spacecraft undergoes testing at Glenn
Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)
NEXT-C is a powerful next-generation solar electric propulsion system that could propel future long-duration science missions. The technology was developed at G...
All four engines are attached to the SLS Core Stage for Artemis I
Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)
The completed core stage with all four RS-25 engines attached is the largest rocket stage NASA has built since the Saturn V stages for the Apollo Program that f...
ATLAS Space Operations partners with Aevum to support ASLON-45 Space Lift
Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)
The partnership expands on the existing collaboration between ATLAS and Aevum with the $4.9 million ASLON-45 mission, which provides orbital launch services to ...
Advanced electric propulsion thruster for NASA's Gateway achieves full power demonstration
Nov 11, 2019 (SPX)
The state-of-the-art AEPS Hall thruster operated at 12.5 kilowatts (kW) as part of its final conditioning sequence during testing at the Jet Propulsion Laborato...
Elon Musk reveals why SpaceX is trying to develop a reusable orbital rocket
Nov 07, 2019 (Sputnik)
Elon Musk has revealed why SpaceX is doing its best to design a reusable orbital rocket, saying it is the ultimate goal of the space industry. "With respect to ...
Rocket Lab to use Siemens software to explore new frontiers of space
Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)
Rocket Lab plans to implement Siemens hi-tech industrial software to help digitally manage the lifecycle needs of the business. The software is from the Xcelera...
Next generation Electron Booster on the pad for Rocket Lab's 10th mission
Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)
Onboard this rideshare mission are six spacecraft comprised of 5cm PocketQube microsatellites from satellite manufacturer and mission management provider Alba O...
UK Space Agency backs small satellite launches from Cornwall with new funds
Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)
The funding will help to develop advanced ground support equipment, including UK-based manufacturing of key equipment, and conduct mission planning. Together wi...
Not your average rocket launch; 45th SW supports Pegasus ICON
Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)
Skid Strip? That's quite different than a standard launch from the Cape - don't rockets launch from pads? The skid strip, a smaller flight line on Cape Canavera...
New payload fairing from RUAG Space enables quieter journey to space
Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)
As part of the Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP) of the European Space Agency (ESA), RUAG Space has developed this new separation and jettison syste...
NASA science, cargo heads to Space Station on Northrop Grumman mission
Nov 03, 2019 (SPX)
The spacecraft launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops and is scheduled to arrive at the space ...
British hypersonic engine passes key test
Nov 01, 2019 (SPX)
The company's Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) is intended to enable aircraft to fly over five times the speed of sound in the atmosphere. One of ...
NKorea conducts new test of 'super-large' rocket launcher: KCNA
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
South Korea's military said Thursday that the North had launched two short-range projectiles from South Pyongan province. They each flew approximately 370 kilom...
ESA and GomSpace sign contract to develop miniaturized electric propulsion system
Oct 30, 2019 (SPX)
The contract will be carried out under ESA's General Support Technology Program during the next 18 months, and the value is EUR 700,000. The work will be led by...
Russia to start flight tests of hydrogen-fueled space booster in 2027 - developer
Oct 30, 2019 (Sputnik)
The Salyut Special Design Bureau, a part of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, carries out design and engineering work on the developmen...
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