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Launch of Proton-M at Baikonur delayed over technical reasons
Sep 25, 2019 (SPX)
"Revision is necessary, as well as conducting additional tests of the control system of the upper stage," Roscosmos said, specifying that the new date of the la...
Pad 39B water flow test comes through loud and clear
Sep 24, 2019 (SPX)
Using adjustments from the first water flow test event in July, the Friday, Sept. 13 exercise demonstrated the capability of the sound suppression system that w...
After rollout, Soyuz rocket set to launch new crew to space station
Sep 24, 2019 (UPI)
The rocket is scheduled for liftoff at 9:57 a.m. EDT Wednesday. The launch will be broadcast live on NASA TV. After being ferried from its assembly unit to the ...
ISRO's latest rocket science maths pains former officials
Sep 24, 2019 (IANS)
"In one week (success) percentage has increased by three per cent. By the unitary method, in another five days, the success rate will become 100 percent," was t...
Tunnel 9 personnel provide guidance for hypersonic experiment
Sep 24, 2019 (AFNS)
Earlier this year, personnel from Tunnel 9 provided instrumentation installation training to members of the research team from the Johns Hopkins University Appl...
Last Soyuz-FG Carrier Rocket installed at Baikonur
Sep 24, 2019 (Sputnik)
According to the space agency, the launch of Russia's Soyuz-FG rocket, which has a Ukrainian control system, is scheduled for September 25 at 11:57 GMT. It is p...
SpaceX installs wings on Starship ahead of official update Saturday by Musk
Sep 24, 2019 (Sputnik)
Two of Tesla's Starship Mk1's actuating wings were installed on Sunday, revealing a serious departure from the original design unveiled by Musk and SpaceX. Musk...
Unmanned Japan craft launched toward space station: operator
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
The H-2B rocket lifted off at 1:05 am local time (1605 GMT Tuesday) with cargo vessel Kounotori8, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said on its website. The launch to...
NASA joins last of five sections for Space Launch System rocket stage
Sep 23, 2019 (SPX)
"NASA has achieved a historic first milestone by completing the final join of the core stage structure for NASA's Space Launch System, the world's most powerful...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Scores Big Contracts on US ICBM, Hypersonic Missile Programs
Sep 18, 2019 (SPX)
In the race to build the next generation of ground-based missile systems, Aerojet Rocketdyne is poised to profit bigtime from the bevy of contracts being handed...
Baikonur Cosmodrome Getting Ready for Last Launch of Russian Rocket With Ukrainian Parts
Sep 16, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Baikonur Cosmodrome has begun preparing equipment ... of the launch system for the last start of the Soyuz-FG rocket with Ukrainian components in the launch ve...
Roscosmos to Build Cheap Soyuz-2M Rocket for Commercial Satellites Launch Service
Sep 13, 2019 (Sputnik)
Speaking at the World Satellite Business Week in Paris, Serkin noted that the GK Launch Services, in partnership with Roscosmos, is working on ways to reduce th...
China to launch Third Long March 5 by year end
Sep 12, 2019 (Sputnik)
On Tuesday, He Xing, executive vice president of the China Great Wall Industry Corporation, informed attendees of the World Satellite Business Week in Paris, Fr...
Fire forces Japan to cancel rocket launch to ISS
Sep 11, 2019 (AFP)
The fire broke out near the launch pad on southern Tanegashima island at around 03:05 am (1805 GMT on Tuesday), as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) was prepari...
SES selects SpaceX to launch O3b mPOWER MEO communications system
Sep 10, 2019 (SPX)
The global O3b mPOWER system comprises an initial constellation of seven high-throughput, low-latency MEO satellites, each capable of generating thousands of el...
New salt-based propellant proven compatible in dual-mode rocket engines
Sep 10, 2019 (SPX)
"We need a propellant that will work in both modes," said Joshua Rovey, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in The Grainger College o...
Russian Space Agency to Test Modernized Fregat Upper Stage During Launch of Meteor Satellite in 2020
Sep 09, 2019 (Sputnik)
Earlier it was reported Roscosmos planned to create a modernized Fregat upper stage with a new control system by November 30, 2020, with 672 million rubles ($10...
Vega Flight VV15: Findings of the Independent Inquiry Commission's investigations
Sep 06, 2019 (SPX)
Co-chaired by the Inspector General of the European Space Agency (ESA); and the Senior Vice President, Technical and Quality of Arianespace; the Commission was ...
Putin reveals he offered to sell Trump Russia's hypersonic missiles
Sep 06, 2019 (Sputnik)
Vladimir Putin revealed during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok that he offered to sell Russia's newest weapons to Donald Trump, including a hypersonic...
Firefly Aerospace pushes back first launch to 2020
Sep 06, 2019 (UPI)
"We were trying for this year, but won't get there," Eric Salwan, Firefly's director of commercial business development told UPI. "Primarily, we are having issu...
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